I am trying to locate Timothy Patrick Dacey who may have enlisted in Chicago..he was married to Ann Ryan and their daughter Alice Lavinia Dacey (who married Brant Thayer) was my g-grandmother. We are unable to find any information on Timothy Patrick Dacey but do know that he enlisted during the Civil War and believe it was in Chicago. His daughter Alice lived in an orphanage and at age 16 went to work for a family. She never spoke of her life in the orphanage except to tell my mother how hungry they were. Can anyone help in locating him? Would anyone know anything about the orphanages at that time perhaps in the Chicago area? It was thought that he might have worked on the canal.