PRIVATE CO. M REG. IOWA CAV.
1837-1914
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ALSO PRIVATE 1th CO S.S.
NATIONAL GUARD OF HAWAII
[Note alternate spelling of last name in military records.]
Civil War Service Records Record
Name: William McCandlass
Company: M
Unit: 2 Iowa Cavalry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: Union
American Civil War Soldiers Record
Name: William McCandlass
Residence: LaMotte, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 09 September 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Unit Numbers: 174 174
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 09 September 1861 at the age of 23 [est bdate 1838]
Enlisted in Company M, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 28
September 1861.
Received a disability discharge Company M, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 13 October 1862 in Jackson, TN
Buried in the "Grand Army of the Republic" GAR) section of O'ahu cemetery.
After the end of the American Civil War, veterans formed fraternal groups to continue bonds formed in the war, ultimately gaining political power. The GAR emerged as the most powerful among the various organizations, by 1890 numbering 409,489, and aligned with the Republican Party. Founded in Decatur, Illinois on April 6, 1866 by Benjamin F. Stephenson, membership was limited to honorably discharged veterans of the Union Army, Navy, Marine Corps or the Revenue Cutter Service who had served between April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865.
PRIVATE CO. M REG. IOWA CAV.
1837-1914
---
ALSO PRIVATE 1th CO S.S.
NATIONAL GUARD OF HAWAII
[Note alternate spelling of last name in military records.]
Civil War Service Records Record
Name: William McCandlass
Company: M
Unit: 2 Iowa Cavalry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: Union
American Civil War Soldiers Record
Name: William McCandlass
Residence: LaMotte, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 09 September 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Unit Numbers: 174 174
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 09 September 1861 at the age of 23 [est bdate 1838]
Enlisted in Company M, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 28
September 1861.
Received a disability discharge Company M, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 13 October 1862 in Jackson, TN
Buried in the "Grand Army of the Republic" GAR) section of O'ahu cemetery.
After the end of the American Civil War, veterans formed fraternal groups to continue bonds formed in the war, ultimately gaining political power. The GAR emerged as the most powerful among the various organizations, by 1890 numbering 409,489, and aligned with the Republican Party. Founded in Decatur, Illinois on April 6, 1866 by Benjamin F. Stephenson, membership was limited to honorably discharged veterans of the Union Army, Navy, Marine Corps or the Revenue Cutter Service who had served between April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865.
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