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Caption: Marker detail: A Fort Union Married Enlisted Couple
Additional Description: Bridget Molloy, like her husband, was a recent immigrant from Ireland. Patrick Cloonan had already served as a private in the cavalry for five years when he asked permission to marry her here at Fort Union in August 1873. Bridget served as a laundress for Company B, Eighth Cavalry until January 1876, when both Cloonans and Company B left Fort Union.
Submitted: April 29, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p519379
File Size: 0.382 Megabytes

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