Edward F. Cahill collection 1863-1865 Cahill, Edward F. collection

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Edward F. Cahill collection 1863-1865 Cahill, Edward F. collection

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This collection is made up of letters and documents related to Edward F. Cahill's involvement with the 102nd United States Colored Infantry Regiment during and immediately after the Civil War. Included are 3 contracts made between freedmen and their former owners near Edisto River and Orangeburg, South Carolina, in 1865.

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William L. Clements Library

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Barnes, Henry

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Cahill, Edward F., 1843-1923

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Edward Cahill was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on August 3, 1843, the son of Abraham Cahill, a tanner, and Frances Marsh Cahill. The family lived on a farm near Holland, Michigan, in the 1850s, and returned to Kalamazoo after Abraham's death in 1854. Edward took preparatory classes at Kalamazoo College and worked as a messenger for the state legislature before enlisting as a private in the 89th Illinois Infantry Regiment in 1862. Though he was discharged for disability in December 1...

United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 102nd (1863-1865)

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...