You can access from the Pa State Archives online images of the Civil War veteran's cards. _http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveIndexes&Archiv eID=17_ (http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveIndexes&ArchiveID=17) There are some William Dougherty from Phila listed and some cards give info like age,place of birth etc. Might give you a place to start. Kassie