Box 1
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Contains 51 Results:
1859 Letter to Cousin
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
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Accession #: 1993.019James Henry Keeny or Keeney was born in Canada Apr. 15, 1839. He enlisted in Company D, Engineers and Mechanics, September 22, 1862 at Grand Rapids. He was mustered October 6, 1862, and was discharged on a Surgeon’s certificate of disability at Nashville, Tennessee on May 30, 1863. Keeney was later a teacher in Kelloggsville and Kent County. He died in Oakland Co., Mich. Nov. 30, 1921. This collection is composed of all photocopied documents....
Dates:
1859-1863, 1888, and 1942; Majority of material found within 1859 - 1863
James H. Keeney War correspondence with future wife Jennie (Mary Jame Pelton), and Miss Willett
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
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From the Series:
Accession #: 1993.019James Henry Keeny or Keeney was born in Canada Apr. 15, 1839. He enlisted in Company D, Engineers and Mechanics, September 22, 1862 at Grand Rapids. He was mustered October 6, 1862, and was discharged on a Surgeon’s certificate of disability at Nashville, Tennessee on May 30, 1863. Keeney was later a teacher in Kelloggsville and Kent County. He died in Oakland Co., Mich. Nov. 30, 1921. This collection is composed of all photocopied documents....
Dates:
1859-1863, 1888, and 1942; Majority of material found within 1859 - 1863
Enrollment and Discharge documents
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
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From the Series:
Accession #: 1993.019James Henry Keeny or Keeney was born in Canada Apr. 15, 1839. He enlisted in Company D, Engineers and Mechanics, September 22, 1862 at Grand Rapids. He was mustered October 6, 1862, and was discharged on a Surgeon’s certificate of disability at Nashville, Tennessee on May 30, 1863. Keeney was later a teacher in Kelloggsville and Kent County. He died in Oakland Co., Mich. Nov. 30, 1921. This collection is composed of all photocopied documents....
Dates:
1859-1863, 1888, and 1942; Majority of material found within 1859 - 1863
Teaching Data and Death Certificate
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
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From the Series:
Accession #: 1993.019James Henry Keeny or Keeney was born in Canada Apr. 15, 1839. He enlisted in Company D, Engineers and Mechanics, September 22, 1862 at Grand Rapids. He was mustered October 6, 1862, and was discharged on a Surgeon’s certificate of disability at Nashville, Tennessee on May 30, 1863. Keeney was later a teacher in Kelloggsville and Kent County. He died in Oakland Co., Mich. Nov. 30, 1921. This collection is composed of all photocopied documents....
Dates:
1859-1863, 1888, and 1942; Majority of material found within 1859 - 1863
Theodore W. Bement Discharge paper, 1865.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
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Donor: Old Collection, unknown
One original document, his discharge from Company H, Fourth Cavalry is available. Michigan Volunteers, 1861-1865 states that Bement enlisted as a Sergeant, but his discharge lists him as Private. He is said to have been a prisoner on picket, returned to his regiment May 1863 and mustered out July 1, 1865.
Dates:
1860 - 2013
Discharge to Accept Promotion, Oct. 23, 1864. Spec. Order. No. 63.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
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Accession #: 1995.001. Donor: Old Collection, unknown, ca. 1925? According to Michigan Volunteers, 1861-1865, Daniel McNaughton originally enlisted in Co. A, Sixth Cavalry Aug 11, 1862, and promoted within the 7th Nov. 17, 1862. The papers in this series document some of his later career, as he was discharged & subsequently commissioned to accept promotion to First Lieutenant/Quartermaster May 18, 1864. In Jan. 1965 he was given a leave of absence. In Sept.-Oct....
Dates:
1864-1893
Muster-in Roll. 7th Michigan Cavalry, Oct. 24th, 1864.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
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Accession #: 1995.001. Donor: Old Collection, unknown, ca. 1925? According to Michigan Volunteers, 1861-1865, Daniel McNaughton originally enlisted in Co. A, Sixth Cavalry Aug 11, 1862, and promoted within the 7th Nov. 17, 1862. The papers in this series document some of his later career, as he was discharged & subsequently commissioned to accept promotion to First Lieutenant/Quartermaster May 18, 1864. In Jan. 1965 he was given a leave of absence. In Sept.-Oct....
Dates:
1864-1893
Leave of Absence, Jan. 30, 1965. Spec. Order, no. 132.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
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Accession #: 1995.001. Donor: Old Collection, unknown, ca. 1925? According to Michigan Volunteers, 1861-1865, Daniel McNaughton originally enlisted in Co. A, Sixth Cavalry Aug 11, 1862, and promoted within the 7th Nov. 17, 1862. The papers in this series document some of his later career, as he was discharged & subsequently commissioned to accept promotion to First Lieutenant/Quartermaster May 18, 1864. In Jan. 1965 he was given a leave of absence. In Sept.-Oct....
Dates:
1864-1893
Amended Record of above, Dec. 12, 1887, to discharge, Sept. 26, 1864, muster, 1st lieutenant, Sept. 27, 1864. Spec. Or. No. 288.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
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Accession #: 1995.001. Donor: Old Collection, unknown, ca. 1925? According to Michigan Volunteers, 1861-1865, Daniel McNaughton originally enlisted in Co. A, Sixth Cavalry Aug 11, 1862, and promoted within the 7th Nov. 17, 1862. The papers in this series document some of his later career, as he was discharged & subsequently commissioned to accept promotion to First Lieutenant/Quartermaster May 18, 1864. In Jan. 1965 he was given a leave of absence. In Sept.-Oct....
Dates:
1864-1893
Detailed for the Court Martial of Charles W. Squires, Sept. 26, 1865, Denver. Spec. Order No. 4.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
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Accession #: 1995.001. Donor: Old Collection, unknown, ca. 1925? According to Michigan Volunteers, 1861-1865, Daniel McNaughton originally enlisted in Co. A, Sixth Cavalry Aug 11, 1862, and promoted within the 7th Nov. 17, 1862. The papers in this series document some of his later career, as he was discharged & subsequently commissioned to accept promotion to First Lieutenant/Quartermaster May 18, 1864. In Jan. 1965 he was given a leave of absence. In Sept.-Oct....
Dates:
1864-1893