Civil War: Company B and C, 3rd California Infantry
William Bailey was born in January 1844. His Combined Military Service Record indicates nativity as Staffordshire County, England; whereas his Sawtelle Soldiers Home register indicates nativity as Massachusetts. His father was born in Ireland and his mother in England. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private for 3 years at Camp Douglas (Salt Lake City), Utah Territory, August 23, 1864, and was mustered into Company C, 3rd California Infantry, on August 26. Private Bailey was transferred to Company B on October 29, 1864. He was mustered out at Camp Douglas July 27, 1866 (Orton, 536, 545). William filed for a Civil War veteran's pension in Washington State April 30, 1891, and received application No. 1,018,567 and certificate No. 896,683. Soon thereafter he relocated to Los Angeles, California. He was a widowed teamster living at Los Angeles when he was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Sawtelle June 28, 1892 (Home record; 1900 US Census). William died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the veteran's home and was buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
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William Bailey was born in January 1844. His Combined Military Service Record indicates nativity as Staffordshire County, England; whereas his Sawtelle Soldiers Home register indicates nativity as Massachusetts. His father was born in Ireland and his mother in England. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private for 3 years at Camp Douglas (Salt Lake City), Utah Territory, August 23, 1864, and was mustered into Company C, 3rd California Infantry, on August 26. Private Bailey was transferred to Company B on October 29, 1864. He was mustered out at Camp Douglas July 27, 1866 (Orton, 536, 545). William filed for a Civil War veteran's pension in Washington State April 30, 1891, and received application No. 1,018,567 and certificate No. 896,683. Soon thereafter he relocated to Los Angeles, California. He was a widowed teamster living at Los Angeles when he was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Sawtelle June 28, 1892 (Home record; 1900 US Census). William died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the veteran's home and was buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
Cenotaph here
Biography by Steve
Civil War: Company B and C, 3rd California Infantry
William Bailey was born in January 1844. His Combined Military Service Record indicates nativity as Staffordshire County, England; whereas his Sawtelle Soldiers Home register indicates nativity as Massachusetts. His father was born in Ireland and his mother in England. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private for 3 years at Camp Douglas (Salt Lake City), Utah Territory, August 23, 1864, and was mustered into Company C, 3rd California Infantry, on August 26. Private Bailey was transferred to Company B on October 29, 1864. He was mustered out at Camp Douglas July 27, 1866 (Orton, 536, 545). William filed for a Civil War veteran's pension in Washington State April 30, 1891, and received application No. 1,018,567 and certificate No. 896,683. Soon thereafter he relocated to Los Angeles, California. He was a widowed teamster living at Los Angeles when he was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Sawtelle June 28, 1892 (Home record; 1900 US Census). William died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the veteran's home and was buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
Cenotaph here
Biography by Steve
William Bailey was born in January 1844. His Combined Military Service Record indicates nativity as Staffordshire County, England; whereas his Sawtelle Soldiers Home register indicates nativity as Massachusetts. His father was born in Ireland and his mother in England. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private for 3 years at Camp Douglas (Salt Lake City), Utah Territory, August 23, 1864, and was mustered into Company C, 3rd California Infantry, on August 26. Private Bailey was transferred to Company B on October 29, 1864. He was mustered out at Camp Douglas July 27, 1866 (Orton, 536, 545). William filed for a Civil War veteran's pension in Washington State April 30, 1891, and received application No. 1,018,567 and certificate No. 896,683. Soon thereafter he relocated to Los Angeles, California. He was a widowed teamster living at Los Angeles when he was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Sawtelle June 28, 1892 (Home record; 1900 US Census). William died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the veteran's home and was buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
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