Born in Ireland,_Son of Michael Keating,_By occupation a Cotton Spinner,_Married,_at the age of 24 years on Sept. 5, 1864, enlisted for 3 years as a recruit in the 31st Reg. Massachusetts Infantry Vols._Mustered in same date_Rank Private with no subsequent changes. Assigned to Company “E”.
Joined his Reg. at New Orleans on or about 9 Oct. 1864. He was on duty with his Reg. at its {seasonal} stations, New Orleans, near Donaldsonville, Carrollton and during siege of {Mobile}, and with its discharge 9 Sept. 1865, when he was mustered out, after which he returned to his home in Chicopee Falls.
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