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Name John A Swan
Rank Corporal
Military Age 21
Service Entry Age 21
Muster In Age 22
Birth Date abt 1840
Height 5' 8
Hair Brown
Eyes Hazel
Complexion Florid
War Years 1861-1865
War Civil War
Company E
Unit 12th Illinois Cavalry
Period 3 Yrs
Service Entry Date 30 Dec 1861
Service Entry Place Kewanee, Illinois
Joined By Whom J P Harvey
Muster In Date 28 Feb 1862
Muster In Place Springfield, Illinois
Remarks Died in Washington Co Iowa
Residence Place Washington, Washington Co, Iowa
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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