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- Jan 25, 2014
OK, I looked at the list of all Union soldiers who had these conditions:
1) given name starts with "J";
2) middle name starts with "W" or no middle name/initial is recorded in the service record;
3) last name starts with "M";
4) last name ends in "Y";
5) last name contains no other letters which go above or below the line (e.g., t, l, g, p, etc.)
6) was enlisted or discharged as an officer, excluding surgeons and chaplains (note: yes, if he was an enlisted man, was promoted to officer, and then demoted to enlisted again, then I'd miss him. I would also miss those whose rank was not recorded at all). I also excluded those who enlisted and were discharged as CAPT or above (i.e., never a Lieutenant).
7) did not have a capital letter after the first letter of the last name (e.g., McCoy, McMurray, etc.)
These conditions aren't foolproof but I think that they are reasonable given the evidence.
I'm left with 22 candidates as follows:
I think that some more of these can be excluded by eye-balling it but I leave that to others.
1) given name starts with "J";
2) middle name starts with "W" or no middle name/initial is recorded in the service record;
3) last name starts with "M";
4) last name ends in "Y";
5) last name contains no other letters which go above or below the line (e.g., t, l, g, p, etc.)
6) was enlisted or discharged as an officer, excluding surgeons and chaplains (note: yes, if he was an enlisted man, was promoted to officer, and then demoted to enlisted again, then I'd miss him. I would also miss those whose rank was not recorded at all). I also excluded those who enlisted and were discharged as CAPT or above (i.e., never a Lieutenant).
7) did not have a capital letter after the first letter of the last name (e.g., McCoy, McMurray, etc.)
These conditions aren't foolproof but I think that they are reasonable given the evidence.
I'm left with 22 candidates as follows:
| Given | Middle | Surname | Rank In/Out | Company | Regiment |
| John | W. | Massey | 1LQM/1LRQ | 3rd Btn., PA Inf. | |
| John | W. | Murray | 1LT/1LT | H | 72nd IL Inf. |
| John | W. | Murray | 1LT/1LT | Signal Corps, US Vols. | |
| James | Murray | 1LT/1LT | Palmer's Ind. Co., PA Inf. | ||
| James | Murray | 1LT/CAPT | H | 28th WI Inf. | |
| John | Mooney | 1SGT/2LT | B,A | 9th NH Inf. | |
| James | Marony/Maroony/Marony/Maroney | 2LT/1LT | E,I | 17th MA Inf. | |
| James | Massey | 2LT/2LT | F | 137th U.S. Col'd Inf. | |
| John | Mooney | 2LT/2LT | H | 155th PA Inf. | |
| John | Murray | 2LT/2LT | F | 20th NY State Mil. | |
| Joseph | Murray | 2LT/2LT | E | 5th NY Hvy. Art. | |
| John | Murray | ADJT/ADJT | F&S | 83rd NY Inf. | |
| James | Murray/Murrey | CPL/2LT | H | 9th IL Cav. | |
| Joseph | Murray | CPL/2LT | G | 63rd NY Inf. | |
| John | Mooney | ENS/CAPT | FCH | 18th NY Inf. | |
| John | W. | Murray | LT/LT | C | 7th NY State Mil. |
| John | Massey | PVT/1LT | GFE | 37th NY Inf. | |
| Jeremiah | Mooney/Moony | PVT/CAPT | C | 107th PA Inf. | |
| John | Morey | PVT/LT | AEG | 34th NY Inf. | |
| John | Macey/Macy | SGT/1LT | D B | 69th IN Inf. | |
| Jacob | Mery | SGT/CAPT | BKD | 37th OH Inf. | |
| Joseph | W. | Morey | SGT/LT | KDF | 17th NY Inf. |
I think that some more of these can be excluded by eye-balling it but I leave that to others.
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Well, that would explain his ADC status - riding herd on all those flag-wavers.
Bringing the