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Patrick O'Callaghan's official discharge paper from the U.S. Army, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, 10 July 1884
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Collection Callaghan/ O'Callaghan Letters
Collection Callaghan/ O'Callaghan Letters
Title Patrick O'Callaghan's official discharge paper from the U.S. Army, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, 10 July 1884
Description Patrick's discharge papers give his age as 26, which means that he was born in or near 1858. He had enlisted on 11 July 1879. According to information in another letter, Patrick had emigrated in 1876 or 1877, when he was about 18 years old. His discharge papers described him as 5'7" in height, with blue eyes and dark hair and complexion. His occupation when he enlisted was "labourer".
Date 10/07/1884
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Resource Type Text
Archival Record Id p155/1/1/1
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 2pp
Topic Callaghan/ O'Callaghan Letters
Geographic Unorganized Territory of Fort Snelling,Minnesota,United States
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen eighties
Genre Transcript,Reproduction
Note Transcript, title and description by Professor Kerby Miller. Colloquial place name 'Fallow' is captured as contemporary 'Fallagh (townland)' in location metadata fields. Surname 'Callaghan' sometimes appears as 'O'Callaghan' across letters in this series.
Creator / Author Name Frank G. Smith