Correction.. my gg grandfather Albert Thompson Cobb was born Mar 1840, 42 or 45 in Orleans County New York. Albert enlisted in the 12th Michigan Infantry ( Dowagiac) but was too young ( Thus all the confusion on his birthdates. His parents had him brought back home), so waiting until he was almost of age again he enlisted in the Michigan 19th Infantry (Wayne) where he fought until he was injured and then he enlisted in Michigan's 1st Cavalary where he fought until the end of the Civil War. He later married and settled in Iowa for a number of years (although there is reason to believe he traveled between Indiana and Illinois off and on) before moving to a old soldiers military home in Danville Illinois where he died in Dec of 1907. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee Iowa. I'm sorry I can't fill in more of the blanks but I'm still working on it. When Albert moved to Danville all traces of him were destoyed by my gg grandmother Olive Cobb. I have been told Albert had family in Illinois at the time of his death but I'm still trying to find parents and then will know who siblings were. I don't know if this changes anything but I will keep you up to date from time to time. Maybe there is some relation. I just can't say right now. Keep in touch!
Pam