Our research started with Sam Alleyne. Sam was born in1832 in Tipperary Town, Ireland. He married Nora Cowan of Eyrecourt, Galway, around the late 1850's. They had two children: Willian in1860, and Ellin in 1862. There are indications that Sam was in the British Army at this time. In January, 1865 he left the wife and children in Kingstown, outside Dublin, and went to New York, where he joined the Union Army. He was sent to Alexandria,where he was promoted from Private in the 79th, New York Infantry to 2nd. Lieutenant. The war end shortly thereafter. Sam returned to Brooklyn, where he re-enlisted in the 33rd. U.S. Infantry. After several moves across the contry he finished up in the 4th. Artillery stationed on Alcratraz, from 1870 to 1874. At this time he fell off a gangplank after imbibing a little too much and broke his leg. This caused him to return to Ireland. Nora died in 1878. Sam remarried in 1880, to Johanna O'Brian. They moved to Waterford, where Sam became a weighmaster. If anyone has any information on Sam, the Alleynes, or the Army Units he served in, it would be appreciated.
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