Thomas F. Harney

[Gene C]

(07-09-2015 05:44 PM)SSlater Wrote:  Was he the Thomas Harney, living in New Orleans, as shown in the 1860 Census? NO!, not if he is the same Thomas Harney that enlisted in the U. S. Army - Missouri Home Guard in 1859 and stayed with them until 1 Nov. 1861. Who I think is "our" Thomas F. Harney.

Did he teach school in Harrisonville, MO. I don't know - there is no record.

Is your man any relation to a General William S Harney who "was refusing to allow Union volunteer regiments to receive arms or even to occupy the arsenal grounds", in April 1861 at St. Louis?
(The Secret War for the Union" by Edwin Fishel, page 19.)