On Dec 14, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Nancee Seifert wrote: > As I looked at the 'Third Iowa' List on the Decatur County Web Site, I > wondered how many of those who died (or listed as dying) have descendants on > this List.. How many of you know the particulars of your ancestor's deaths; > and how did you go about finding that information.. Let us all know... > > Thanks, Nancee He did not seem to make the list mentioned above, but my kinsman William Henry Bright, 3 May 1840-29 Dec 1861, was a private in the 3rd Iowa Volunteer Cavalry who died of measles before ever seeing combat. He died at the Union Army camp in St. Louis, MO and was buried at the National Cemetery there. I learned his story from his niece, my grandmother, but received the proof from his service record on file at the National Archives. And, he appears on page 467 of "Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion, Vol. IV," published in 1910. He listed his residence as Garden Grove, IA when he enlisted on 12 Sep 1861 at age 21. He was in the 3rd Cav's Company/Troop L. Rick, Merced, CA=