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Michael Sexton

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Michael Sexton

Birth
Ireland
Death
24 Feb 1904
Placerville, El Dorado County, California, USA
Burial
Placerville, El Dorado County, California, USA
Plot
Sec. 29, B6, Lot 12, Grave F
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Michael Sexton enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army on Oct. 11, 1864 in Placerville, California, and was assigned to the newly created 7th Regiment, which fought during the Civil War on Indian campaigns against the Apache in Arizona Territory. He was posted to Fort Mason on the Santa Cruz River, and mustered out on June 28, 1866 at the San Francisco Presidio, subsequently receiving a pension in 1893 as a Civil War veteran.
Michael Sexton enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army on Oct. 11, 1864 in Placerville, California, and was assigned to the newly created 7th Regiment, which fought during the Civil War on Indian campaigns against the Apache in Arizona Territory. He was posted to Fort Mason on the Santa Cruz River, and mustered out on June 28, 1866 at the San Francisco Presidio, subsequently receiving a pension in 1893 as a Civil War veteran.

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Mich'l Sexton
Co G
7 Cal Inf

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Grave is marked with a military headstone - it is quite worn now and very hard to read

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  • Created by: Mike Clark
  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68744846/michael-sexton: accessed ), memorial page for Michael Sexton (unknown–24 Feb 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 68744846, citing Placerville Union Cemetery, Placerville, El Dorado County, California, USA; Maintained by Mike Clark (contributor 47478488).