Biographical Note

George Ireland served in the Union Army during the American Civil War in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Ireland has a brother named Samuel living in Clarkson, Monroe County, New York.

This person may be the George Ireland who was born in January 1834 in Clarkson to William and Martha Ireland. During the war in August 1862, he enlisted as a private into Company A of the 140th New York Infantry Regiment of the Union Army. This unit fought at Fredericksburg in December 1862. He was discharged in February 1863 for ill health.

External sources:

"George Ireland" entry in the New York, U.S., Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 database, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/105694:1964, accessed August 17, 2023.

"Ireland, George", National Park Service's Civil War database, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=C8F09DAB-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A, accessed August 17, 2023.

"George Ireland" entry in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 database, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/3960532:1555, accessed August 17, 2023.

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