I am searching for my great-grandfather Richard Walsh's parents, ancestors and siblings. Information obtained from my father, he was born in Cork and from the Fed Census I got a birth date of August 1837. From the 1890 Vets Census Richard allegedly served in the 12th Deleware Infantry, Company B, enlisting in August 1862 and discharged in Nov 1864, unfortunately I have been unable to find a record of any such unit. The Delaware Infantry Regiments only go up to 9. His father is possibly James and his mother Sara based solely on Irish naming conventions. I have a year of naturalization for Richard of 1853 from the 1900 Fed Census. He settled in Troy, NY after the war , unfortunately there's a half dozen or more Walsh families in Troy, NY in the 1880 Fed Census. I don't know if he was married in Troy but a calculation from "years married" in the Fed Census would put it at 1865 to Mary Bridget Fitzgerald. She went by Bridget and is believed by the family to have been born in County Wexford in May 1840(Fed Census) in Glencannon. I can't find any Glencannon in Ireland but there is a Duncannon in Wexford. Her father is said to be John Fitzgerald of Glynn, County Wexford. Thier children were: James born abt 1866 who later became a priest; Sara A. born December 1869 became a teacher; John Frederick born October 1871 who became a Rensselaer County NY Court Stenographer and later personal stenographer and secretary of Gov Alfred E. Smith till after he ran for President; Margaret L.,my grandmother, born January 6, 1873 and Mary F. born July 1876 also became a teacher. I was given a Civil War Medal of Honor from the Civil War when I was a teenager. I was told by my father it belonged to my great_granduncle and had been given to him by his mother. Unfortunately for me It was misplaced, hopefully not lost, when I went in service and my mother moved. As my grandmother was a Walsh I am leaning toward the John Walsh of the 5th NY Cavalry who won his Medal of Honor by recapturing the battle flag of a NJ regiment. From the Veteran's records John Walsh died in MA. There is also a Joseph Shea, born in Baltimore, MD who served in a NY Infantry Regiment. If anyone has any additional information on this man, it would be greatly appreciated as I know nothing but hearsay about Richard's parents or siblings and nothing about John, if he is Richard's brother. Any help I can find will be a boon to my research, TIA. Rick Shea Schenectady, NY Home: rfshea@banet.net Work: rfs01@health.state.ny.us