Civil War: Co. B, 22nd Pennsylvania Infantry,
and Co. H, 106th Pennsylvania Infantry
James J. Foy enlisted as a private for 100 days at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1861, and was mustered into Company B, 22nd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was mustered out at Philadelphia August 1, 1861. He re-enlisted as a sergeant September 3, 1861 and was mustered into Company H, 106th Pennsylvania Infantry, as 1st sergeant on October 31, 1861. He was captured at Petersburg, Virginia, June 22, 1864, and paroled December 11, 1864. He was mustered out March 31, 1865. After the war he moved to Sacramento, California, where he worked as a molder. James filed for a Civil War veteran's pension at Sacramento July 23, 1891, and received certificate No. 899,330. When his health failed he was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Sawtelle, California, on October 18, 1895. He remained at the Sawtelle Home until he died. James was never married.
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Sacramento Daily Union, Vol. 95, No. 135, July 6, 1898
AN OLD SOLDIER'S DEATH
James J. Foy, brother of Mrs. W. J. Hassett of this city and a veteran of the civil war, died in the Soldiers' Home at Santa Monica a few days ago. He was an inmate of Libby and Andersonville Prisons in the South, where his health was shattered.
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Biography by Steve
and Co. H, 106th Pennsylvania Infantry
James J. Foy enlisted as a private for 100 days at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1861, and was mustered into Company B, 22nd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was mustered out at Philadelphia August 1, 1861. He re-enlisted as a sergeant September 3, 1861 and was mustered into Company H, 106th Pennsylvania Infantry, as 1st sergeant on October 31, 1861. He was captured at Petersburg, Virginia, June 22, 1864, and paroled December 11, 1864. He was mustered out March 31, 1865. After the war he moved to Sacramento, California, where he worked as a molder. James filed for a Civil War veteran's pension at Sacramento July 23, 1891, and received certificate No. 899,330. When his health failed he was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Sawtelle, California, on October 18, 1895. He remained at the Sawtelle Home until he died. James was never married.
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Sacramento Daily Union, Vol. 95, No. 135, July 6, 1898
AN OLD SOLDIER'S DEATH
James J. Foy, brother of Mrs. W. J. Hassett of this city and a veteran of the civil war, died in the Soldiers' Home at Santa Monica a few days ago. He was an inmate of Libby and Andersonville Prisons in the South, where his health was shattered.
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Biography by Steve
Civil War: Co. B, 22nd Pennsylvania Infantry,
and Co. H, 106th Pennsylvania Infantry
James J. Foy enlisted as a private for 100 days at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1861, and was mustered into Company B, 22nd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was mustered out at Philadelphia August 1, 1861. He re-enlisted as a sergeant September 3, 1861 and was mustered into Company H, 106th Pennsylvania Infantry, as 1st sergeant on October 31, 1861. He was captured at Petersburg, Virginia, June 22, 1864, and paroled December 11, 1864. He was mustered out March 31, 1865. After the war he moved to Sacramento, California, where he worked as a molder. James filed for a Civil War veteran's pension at Sacramento July 23, 1891, and received certificate No. 899,330. When his health failed he was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Sawtelle, California, on October 18, 1895. He remained at the Sawtelle Home until he died. James was never married.
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Sacramento Daily Union, Vol. 95, No. 135, July 6, 1898
AN OLD SOLDIER'S DEATH
James J. Foy, brother of Mrs. W. J. Hassett of this city and a veteran of the civil war, died in the Soldiers' Home at Santa Monica a few days ago. He was an inmate of Libby and Andersonville Prisons in the South, where his health was shattered.
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Biography by Steve
and Co. H, 106th Pennsylvania Infantry
James J. Foy enlisted as a private for 100 days at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1861, and was mustered into Company B, 22nd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was mustered out at Philadelphia August 1, 1861. He re-enlisted as a sergeant September 3, 1861 and was mustered into Company H, 106th Pennsylvania Infantry, as 1st sergeant on October 31, 1861. He was captured at Petersburg, Virginia, June 22, 1864, and paroled December 11, 1864. He was mustered out March 31, 1865. After the war he moved to Sacramento, California, where he worked as a molder. James filed for a Civil War veteran's pension at Sacramento July 23, 1891, and received certificate No. 899,330. When his health failed he was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Sawtelle, California, on October 18, 1895. He remained at the Sawtelle Home until he died. James was never married.
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Sacramento Daily Union, Vol. 95, No. 135, July 6, 1898
AN OLD SOLDIER'S DEATH
James J. Foy, brother of Mrs. W. J. Hassett of this city and a veteran of the civil war, died in the Soldiers' Home at Santa Monica a few days ago. He was an inmate of Libby and Andersonville Prisons in the South, where his health was shattered.
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Biography by Steve
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