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Name William A Jackson
Rank Private
Military Age 15
Service Entry Age 18
Muster In Age 19
Muster Out Age 19
Birth Date abt 1846
Birth Place Hamilton Co, Tennessee
Height 5' 8
Hair Dark
Eyes Blue
Complexion Fair
War Years 1861-1865
War Civil War
Company A
Unit 29th Illinois Infantry
Period 3 Yrs
Service Entry Date 1 Nov 1864
Service Entry Place Paducah, Kentucky
Joined By Whom Cpt Howard
Muster In Date 21 Feb 1865
Muster In Place Fort Gaines, Alabama
Muster Out Date 6 Nov 1865
Muster Out Place Hempstead, Texas
Muster Out By Whom Lt Ladd
Residence Place Elizabethtown, Hardin Co, Illinois
Occupation Farmer
Record Source Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
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Ancestry.com. Web: Illinois, U.S., Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Original data: Databases of Illinois Veterans. Illinois State Archive. https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/databases/home.html: accessed 5 August 2014.

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