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Joseph Strough

Biography
Born ca. 1841
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 10/20/1862
Death Location Hazelgreen, KY
Father Michael Strough
Mother Mary
Married
Spouse
Military Units
37th Infantry
6th Battalion Cavalry
McFarlane's Squadron
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
37th Infantry
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Mcfarlane's Cavalry
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Census Information:

1850: 225, Age 8
1860: 956, Age 19
1870: DEAD
1880: DEAD
1900: DEAD
1910: DEAD
1920: DEAD
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Notes: Combined with Joseph Strows. Also spelled Straus. Confined to jail in 1862 for desertion, but released on March 4.

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
Private, Company I, 37th Virginia Infantry

Appears on a muster roll dated May 31st, 1861

Enrolled for active service on: May 3
Enrolled for active service at: New Garden
Enrolled by: Capt. J. F. McElhenney
Period: 1 year

Age: 21

Company was enrolled for active service at Honaker, Va., on the 3rd day of May, 1861 and travelled then to Abingdon where it arrived on the 30th, 1861, a distance of 34 miles.

Card 2

Appears on a muster roll for July & Aug., 1861 (Dated Aug. 31)

Enlisted:
When: May 2
Where: New Garden
By whom: Capt. S. Hunt
Period: 12 mo

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Dunbar
To what time: June 30

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

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