Edward J Cobleigh   Rank at enlistment:  1st Sergeant Rank at discharge:  1st Lieutenant Company Assignment:  M Company Reassignment:  G   5/25/1863   Promoted Promoted from Private, Co. L, 15th Illinois Cavalry. 11/1/1863   Enlisted Glendale, MS 12/28/1863   Mustered In Camp Davies, MS 4/15/1864   On Special Duty Commanding Co. G 2/5/1865   On Furlough Requested leave to visit his home in Northfield, Vermont. Leave was granted by Major General W.T. Sherman. A second leave was later requested for health reasons. 10/20/1865   Mustered Out Huntsville, AL Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Cook County, IL

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Service records compiled by Glenda Todd and used with her permission. This and other information about the history of the First and the men who fought with the unit can be found in her book, First Alabama Cavalry, USA: Homage to Patriotism.

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