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Company B
Jacob Smithlin
- Corporal
Jacob is my Great Grandfather. He was born ca. 1840 in France. After the war, he moved to Kings County (Brooklyn)NY. One of his 2 sons, Conrad is my Grandfather. Conrad Smithlin's daughter Lillian was my Mother.

Jacob Smithlin is buried in the Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn, N.Y. Section 2, Site 5017.
Contact Name: Arthur Gomez
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Date Added: 6/17/2005

Company E
James H Curry
- Private
Served as a Private in the 40th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, Company E, enlisting on 27 Jan 1965 and was listed as Deserted on 29 July 1965 at Augur U S Army General Hospital in Alexandria VA - although the unit is said to have mustered out on 13 July 1965.
Contact Name: Joel Rodgers
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Date Added: 6/14/2011

Company H
Henry F. Wispalaere (alias Johnson)
- Private
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Contact Name: Robert P. Murray, Esquire
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Date Added: 3/18/2005

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