Paul Kelliher/Patrick McCarty Connecticut to Illinois
Looking for any information on a Paul Kelliher/Patrick McCarty, who served in the Civil War out of Connecticut. After requesting the military record of Patrick McCarty, I received the military file from the National Archives, and it shows the name Patrick McCarty, hand written throughout, but appears that it was stamped above the name, at a later time, with "True name, Paul Kelliher" .Patrick McCarty was mustered in as a substitute for Alden Hale, in Dec. 1864, from Hartford, CT, with a residence listed as Rocky Hill. It appears that in 1895, this person proved that his true name was in fact Paul Kelliher, and was given a discharge certificate in that name. This was likely the time when the file was stamped with the "True name". Does anyone have any information on this Paul Kelliher?Thanks, Jill