Veteran Grave Registration Database

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On this page, you can search for Veteran Grave Registration records that we have processed into our system. This is NOT a complete database of all veterans from Union County, New Jersey. It was created using an archived collection of Veteran Grave Registration cards provided to the County Clerk's Office. Some records, containing typos or missing crucial information—such as burial location and date of death—were supplemented using information from the Find a Grave (findagrave.com) and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society (cmohs.org) websites. Consequently, some of the information may not appear on the scanned PDF images.

This database was developed using Microsoft Azure AI Document Intelligence to initially extract text from the cards. The extracted text is then run through a program to clean, correct, and standardize values before being manually checked and verified. Despite this process, there may still be minor spelling errors; please keep this in mind when filling out the search fields. If you find an error, click the "Contact Us" tab and complete the form to send us an email with your concerns. Please attach any supporting evidence to the form for verification if necessary.

After pressing the search button, a results table will appear below. The "ID" column is for internal reference to help locate specific records quickly. The "Original" War and Branch columns display the unedited text extracted by Azure AI, while the "Standard" War and Branch columns are designed to be normalized for easy searching. The "Image" column contains a clickable PDF icon () that will display the front and back of the card associated with the selected record. Some records include four images, or two cards, indicating duplicates where information is split across both. All images have a redacted black box to conceal sensitive information.

To begin a search, complete at least one of the fields below and press the search button. Additional fields can be completed to narrow your search further. Please review the "Cemetery List" tab to find which cemeteries we have in our database and what their search names are.

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Total results: 17

ID	Last Name	First Name	Middle Name	Suffix	Birth Date	Birth Year	Death Date	Death Year	Original War Record	Standard War Record	Original Branch	Standard Branch	Cemetery	Image
24774	Callahan	Thomas					June 10, 1867	1867	Civil War	Civil War	Co K, 3rd N. J. Inf	Army	St. Mary'sE
24775	Clayton	Patrick					March 4, 1867	1867	Civil War	Civil War	Co C, 14 N. J. Inf	Army	St. Mary'sE
24776	Condelly	Patrick					November 13, 1867	1867	Civil War	Civil War	Co K, 9th N. J. Inf	Army	St. Mary'sE
24777	Fitzgerald	Michael					October 19, 1867	1867	Civil War	Civil War	Co B, 90 N. Y. Inf	Army	St. Mary'sE
24778	Gaffney	Patrick					June 2, 1870	1870	Civil War	Civil War	Batt.B,LtArt,1stN.J.	Army	St. Mary'sE
24779	Gilroy	James					July 16, 1866	1866	Civil War	Civil War	Co A, 33 N. J. Vol	Army	St. Mary'sE
24780	Grady	William					April 11, 1866	1866	Civil War	Civil War	Co B, 35th N. J. Inf	Army	St. Mary'sE
24781	Keefe	Michael					November 10, 1866	1866	Civil War	Civil War	Co L, 1st Cav. Reg.	Army	St. Mary'sE
24782	Mc Cloud	James					September 11, 1878	1878	Civil War	Civil War	Co K, 3rd N. J. Inf	Army	St. Mary'sE
24783	Mc Cloud	Robert					July 21, 1887	1887	Civil War	Civil War	CoK,3rdReg.N.J.Vol	Army	St. Mary'sE
24784	Mc Gowen	Patrick					September 18, 1884	1884	Civil War	Civil War	Co E, 34 N. J. Vol	Army	St. Mary'sE
24785	Mclaughlin	James					May 16, 1869	1869	Civil War	Civil War	Co K, 3rd N. J. Inf	Army	St. Mary'sE
24786	Murphy	Walter					September 9, 1888	1888	Civil War	Civil War	Co K, 3rd N. J. Vols	Army	St. Mary'sE
24787	Pettit	A. J.					July 27, 1865	1865	Civil War	Civil War	Co K, 3rd N. J. Inf	Army	St. Mary'sE
24788	Piggot	James					April 13, 1865	1865	Civil War	Civil War		Unknown	St. Mary'sE
24789	Sheridan	James					March 17, 1893	1893	Civil War	Civil War	Co K, 3rd N. J. Regt	Army	St. Mary'sE
24790	Sheridan	Philip					June 4, 1861	1861	Civil War	Civil War	Co K, 3rd N. J. Inf	Army	St. Mary'sE

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