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Name John Clay
Rank Private
Military Age 15
Service Entry Age 19
Muster In Age 19
Birth Date abt 1846
Birth Place Kentucky
Height 5' 2 1/2
War Years 1861-1865
War Civil War
Unit 29th U.S. Colored Infantry
Period 1 Yr
Service Entry Date 3 Feb 1865
Service Entry Place Chicago, Illinois
Muster In Date 3 Feb 1865
Muster In Place Chicago, Illinois
Residence Place Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois
Occupation Hostler
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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