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March 29, 2013
The Time Has Come for ‘A History of the Irish in 100 Objects’
Noted Irish journalist Fintan O’Toole recently produced an excellent series of articles- later turned into a highly attractive book- titled A History of Ireland in 100 Objects. It has rightly received much attention, and was made available for free electronically in the month of March to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, The Gathering and Ireland’s Presidency of the EU. The objects chart the history of Ireland from prehistory right through to the modern-day, telling a story about the country with each artefact. With the story of Ireland now told through objects such as these, it is time for us to start telling the story of the Irish.
A History of Ireland in 100 Objects promises to be a major book for many years to come, and does a fine job of providing an overview of the island’s history. However, one thing the book does not do (and doesn’t claim to do) is tell the story of the Irish people. Few of the 100 objects relate to the history of the Irish diaspora, and those which do tend not to follow them beyond Ireland’s shores. A ‘History of the Irish’ would include the stories of not only the Irish on this island, but also those millions who made new lives in countries around the globe. Ireland is a country where the term ‘diaspora’ is often used, a consequence of our long history of emigration. These emigrants need to be fully incorporated into the history of Ireland and the Irish.
The economic collapse recently suffered by the Irish State has heralded a new interest in Ireland’s diaspora. This has principally been driven by economic necessity; the millions world-wide who can claim Irish heritage are a huge potential financial resource who could provide assistance in the country’s hour of need. In an effort to tap into this resource initiatives have been launched such as the Global Irish Economic Forum and The Gathering. These moves are largely positive, but it does seem at times that Ireland views the obligations of the diaspora as inward only. We forget that we have outward obligations to our diaspora, particularly in regard to remembering and acknowledging their histories, and preserving their memory. All too often major events that profoundly affected them (such as the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War) pass virtually unnoticed on Irish shores.
I have previously discussed on this site how we have a tendency in Ireland to ‘leave our emigrants at the port’. One example of this is how we deal with the Famine. Although we commemorate and remember those who died and those who were forced to leave during that great tragedy, the lives of those emigrants once they departed the island tends to illicit only sporadic interest. We have successfully divorced the experiences of those who endured the Great Famine from the very same people who lived out the remainder of their lives in countries such as the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This separation of memory blinds us to the true consequences the Famine had for many; for example for thousands the failure of the potato in Ireland in the 1840s set them on a path that would end in their (or one of their children’s) deaths on an American battlefield in the 1860s. The result of this insular view is that the histories of generations of the Irish diaspora in different countries around the globe have become hidden in Ireland, and virtually unknown to many of her citizens.
Our failure to learn or seek to understand the history and experiences of our diaspora is not just a failing on the part of the Government and state agencies. Our citizens are taught little about the diaspora in the country’s school history curriculum, which concentrates largely on the story of the Irish in Ireland. Given the fact that history appears to be on the verge of being made optional for the Junior Certificate future generations are doomed to learn even less. The problem can also be seen among historians. Dr. Enda Delaney of the University of Edinburgh argues that it is time for Irish historians to move from what he terms ‘island-centric history’ towards a global history. He also observed that many studies ‘chart the causes and extent of emigration in synthetic surveys, but the coverage invariably ends with the tearful farewells at Irish ports.’ (1)
Why does any of this matter? It matters because Ireland is a country that has experienced large-scale emigration for generations; to fully tell the story of our people we have to start to include those who lived their lives outside of Ireland. The numbers alone demand it. Dr. Delaney presents some revealing figures in this regard. In 1851 the population of Ireland stood at 6,552,000, but a further 1,986,000 Irish-born people lived in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Britain that year. The figures for 1871 are even more startling. While 5,412,000 people called Ireland home, a staggering 3,068,000 Irish-born people lived abroad in the aforementioned countries- over 35% of the entire Irish-born population of the world at that time. These huge numbers of Irish people have lost their voices in Irish history. We need to let them speak, and by so doing finally understand what the Irish diaspora really represents for Ireland and her people. (2)
(1) Delaney 2011: 84-85; Delaney 2011: 85;
I am grateful to Dr. Irial Glynn of the UCC Emigre Project for bringing Dr. Delaney’s article and the Diaspora Strategies report to my attention.
References & Further Reading
Delaney, Enda 2011. ‘Our Island Story? Towards a Transnational History of Late Modern Ireland’ in Irish Historical Studies 37, 148, pp. 83-105.
Delphine A., Boyle M. & Kitchin R. 2009. Exploring Diaspora Strategies: An International Comparison. Workshop Report, NUI Maynooth.
Filed under: Discussion and Debate Tagged: Emigration, Global Irish Economic Forum, Great Famine, Immigration, Ireland, Irish American Civil War, Irish Diaspora, The Gathering
March 24, 2013
Revealed: The Tipperary Town Where the First Soldier to Die in the American Civil War was Born?
The Bombardment of Fort Sumter on 12th April 1861 (Library of Congress)
The first soldier to die in the American Civil War was Private Daniel Hough of the 1st United States Artillery, from Co. Tipperary. Although we have long-known Hough was a Tipperary native, it has not been clear from where in that county he hailed. Details as to his wider family have also been scant. Recent research I have been conducting revealed a newspaper article, which if the letter-writer is genuine, provides much fresh information on Hough (or Howe as it was sometimes spelled). It allows us to identify the home town of the first to fall in the American Civil War- Nenagh, in the north of the county.
Hough and his comrades were part of the Fort Sumter garrison in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina which endured the Confederate bombardment that sparked the deadly four-year conflict. He and his companions survived the initial action, but it was during a salute to the flag fired after the Fort’s surrender that Daniel met his end. He was killed on 14th April 1861, when the cartridge he was loading prematurely went off, in an explosion that also mortally wounded fellow Irishman Edward Gallway. Over four years after the event, on Saturday 17th June 1865, and with the conflict now at an end, a man identifying himself as Daniel Hough’s brother William wrote a letter that was published in the New York Herald-Tribune:
Secession’s First Victim
To His Excellency, President Johnson:
Sir: The N.Y. Journal of Commerce in a recent issue, published the name of the first man who was killed in this war, Daniel Howe.
His father’s name was Timothy Howe; his mother’s maiden name was Catharine Lacey; his birthplace was the town of Nenagh, county of Tipperary, Ireland. Daniel was killed at Fort Sumter (in 1861) and there interred in the presence of then Major (now Brigadier-Gen.) Anderson, and of Beauregard.
The writer of this is a brother of the above-mentioned Daniel, and is a humble and comparatively obscure citizen of these United States, a man of limited pecuniary means; and one object of this communication is to express a desire to have the remains of his brother removed from Sumter to Calvary Cemetery, on Long Island.
It might not be deemed presumptious to suggest to your Excellency that the United States Government could consistently defray the expenses of such desired removal, and possibly induced to go a step further and erect a suitable monument over the last resting place in Calvary of the remains of Daniel Howe.
It will not be presumptious to add that the writer feels some pride in calling your Excellency’s attention to the above statement, and also in giving it this publicity.
Should your Excellency be disposed to think favorably of this “expressed desire,” the writer would feel proud and happy to be allowed to superintend the arrangements necessary to carry it out, and forever be Your most grateful and obedient servant,
William Howe,
Westchester House, corner Bowery and Brooms-st., New York City, June 15, 1865. (1)
Further work is required to fully confirm the contents of this letter. Previous research has been carried out on Hough’s origins by Tom Hurley for his excellent ‘What the Hough- the First Casualty of the American Civil War was a Tipperary Soldier’ radio documentary, which was broadcast on Tipp FM in 2012. Tom’s work identified a Daniel Hough born in Borrisokane in 1829 as the most likely candidate for the Fort Sumter Hough. He is certainly a strong contender. This Hough was baptised on 1st August 1829, the son of John Hough and Ellen Quinlan. However, this differs from the details in the 1865 letter, in which Timothy Howe and Catharine Lacey are identified as the parents of the Fort Sumter Daniel Hough. This raises the possibility that they may not be the same individual. (2)
Initial reviews have not revealed a marriage of Timothy Howe and Catharine Lacey in north Tipperary, but records are far from complete, and only additional research can answer the question as to whether evidence exists of their union. The primary question is if the William Howe who wrote this letter is genuine, or if he was an imposter attempting to profit in some way from an association with the Daniel Hough who died at Fort Sumter. However, if we accept the letter as genuine, then there is no reason to doubt that Daniel Hough was indeed a native of Nenagh.
William’s published letter provides us with vital new information to further explore Daniel’s origins in Ireland, which should allow additional research into his life before he departed for the United States. Although the 1865 letter to have Daniel Hough suitably remembered proved fruitless, it may be that 150 years later the information provided in it may inadvertently allow for the suitable commemoration of Daniel Hough (or Howe) in the town of his birth. It seems that this may well be Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.
(1) New York Herald Tribune; (2) North Tipperary Genealogy Centre Church Baptism Records;
References
New York Herald-Tribune 17th June 1865. Secession’s First Victim.
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Filed under: Battle of Fort Sumter, Tipperary Tagged: Borrisokane, Daniel Hough, Daniel Howe, Fort Sumter, Irish American Civil War, Nenagh, New York Herald Tribune, Tipperary Veterans
March 22, 2013
The Civil War Story of Patrick O’Dea and his ‘Beloved Mother’
In May 1861 Patrick O’Dea went to war. Leaving his home in Cattaraugus County, New York, the twenty-year old Co. Clare native left behind his widowed mother, Mary, who he was helping to support on her small holding near the town of Salamanca. Patrick enlisted for two years in the ‘Irish Rifles’, the 37th New York Infantry. The young man would survive the hard-fighting to come in 1862, and as 1863 dawned he looked forward to returning home when his term of enlistment expired in June of that year. (1)
Patrick’s story began in Co. Clare in 1840, when his mother Mary Higgins married Patrick O’Dea. The couple had at least two sons, of which Patrick was apparently the younger. When the children were still young the family emigrated to America, settling in New York state. It was while living in Cuba, Allegany County, that Mary became widowed for the first time- Patrick senior passed away in December 1850. By that stage another child had come along, and with three young dependents Mary could not afford to remain a widow for long. In April 1851 she married Michael Foran, and with renewed stability the family moved to Salamanca in Cattaraugus. (2)
July 1854 brought renewed heartache, as it was the month when Michael Foran died. Mary once again found herself a widow, now the mother of four living children. She was left with no assets, and so had to try to eke out a living as best she could, relying on her older children to help her along. She could count on some family support- her brother Martin Higgins also lived in the area, providing comforting links to her former life in Co. Clare. As the 1850s continued Mary’s older son married and moved away, and with a family of his own was unable to provide any financial assistance to Mary. It now fell to young Patrick to help his mother and two younger siblings financially. (3)
Together Mary and her son Patrick managed to bring in enough money to maintain a modest farm holding of seven acres. To supplement the agricultural income, Patrick became a work-hand at Hemlock Mills lumber works, passing the majority of his wages to his mother to help with the running of the household. At least financially, little altered when Patrick went to war. He continued to send the majority of his soldier’s wage home to his mother, posting over $100 to New York between his enlistment in 1861 and 1863. While in winter camp in Virginia in 1863, Patrick made sure not to forget his mother or his 13 year-old and ten-year old siblings. That January he wrote to them, enclosing $20, and telling his mother that he was keeping $6 for himself that he felt would ‘do him’ until he was discharged. (4)
Patrick O’Dea wrote to his mother from a camp such as this in January 1863 (Winter Camp of the 16th Michigan, 1863 by Edwin Forbes, Library of Congress)
On 1st March 1863 Thomas C. Twohey of the 37th New York sat down to write a letter to the New York Irish-American newspaper:
Camp 37th Irish Rifles, VA.,
March 1, 1863.
To the editors of the Irish-American.
I send you the annexed record of a disaster which I consider necessary, though painful, to communicate through your columns, in the hope of its reaching the interested in general, and especially the beloved mother of its subject. Patrick O’Dea, a native of Ireland, and a member of Co. I, 37th N.Y.C., was accidentally killed by the falling of a tree, while in the discharge of his daily duty at ten a.m., on Saturday, February 28. He was the only son of a widow woman who resides in Salamanca, Cattaraugus county, N.Y. He was attached to the pioneer corps on February 8, or thereabouts, and was remarkable for his courage and endurance as a soldier, as well as for his pleasantry and sociability as a companion. He was 21 years of age and joined the regiment when first organized. He was wounded in the arm before Richmond [Seven Pines] in which campaign he displayed all the qualities that a thorough soldier should possess. He was buried with due military honors at Sunday at one p.m.
Thomas C. Twohey, Co. Clerk.
In a few days Captain Wm. Bird will forward to the War Department the final statement of the pay and clothing account of the deceased. There are four months pay due to him up to his death, $52. The Brigade was on picket duty when the sad accident happened.
T. (5)
Patrick’s death was a huge emotional and financial blow to Mary. Either through the notification in the Irish-American or other means she soon learned of her son’s death, crushed by a falling tree at Camp Pitcher only three months before he was due to return home. Together she and Patrick had built a farm worth $250, but they had still not paid off all the money on their seven acres, and Mary lived in what was described by those who knew her as a ‘shanty.’ She now had to prove her connection to her boy in order to secure the pension that could mean the difference between destitution and survival for her and the two young children. As her first marriage had been in Co. Clare, she had no certification to provide as evidence. Instead she relied on witnesses to come forward and attest to her marriage to Patrick’s father, and the key role Patrick had played in supporting his mother. She eventually secured an $8 a month pension. It can have offered little consolation for the devastation that the war had heaped upon her family, just one more heartbreaking story among the thousands created by the American Civil War. (6)
(1) AG Report: 723, Widow’s Pension; (2) Widow’s Pension; (3) Widow’s Pension; (4) Widow’s Pension; (5) New York Irish American, AG Report: 723; (6) Widow’s Pension.
References
New York A.G. 1893. Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York for the Year 1893.
New York Irish-American 21st March 1863. To the Editors of the Irish-American.
Patrick O’Dea Widow’s Pension File WC92882.
Filed under: 37th New York, Clare Tagged: 37th New York, Cattaraugus, Clare Veteran, Hemlock Mills, Irish American Civil War, Irish Rifles, Salamanca, Seven Pines
March 21, 2013
‘The Fight Was for the Union, Not for the Abolition of Slavery’
A previous post began to examine the fractious relationship between the Irish-American and African-American communities during the Civil War era. The majority of Irish were supporters of the Democratic Party, and many retained strong views in later years about why the war was fought. The pre-eminence of the preservation of the Union as a motivator for Northern volunteers in 1861 has been highlighted in works such as Gary W. Gallagher’s The Union War, a topic previously discussed on this site here. Many Democrats wanted this to be fully understood, even decades after the guns fell silent. A 1903 piece by Dr. Isidor Singer in the New York Sun, in which he stated the war was fought to free the slaves, sparked a determined response from a Democratic Union veteran.
Recruiting Poster for the Excelsior Brigade (Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society)
DEMOCRATS IN THE CIVIL WAR
The Fight Was for the Union, Not for the Abolition of Slavery.
To the Editor of the Sun–Sir: Your correspondent of Nov. 2, Dr. Isidor Singer, said: “Hundreds of thousands of noble American patriots, forty years ago, laid down heroically their lives in order to free the negroes from the fetters of slavery.”
Not a life was so sacrificed or “laid down,” except in the cases of John Brown and the Lovejoys and their followers before the war.
The platform upon which Lincoln was elected in 1860 declared no intention of freeing the slaves; and Lincoln, probably, would not have run on one that did. The party that elected him only proposed to confine slavery within the bounds where it existed, and not to permit its extension to any new state or territory, and it was upon these lines the war was conducted until it became evident that the entire white male population of the seceding states could take the field, so long as they had something like four million of slaves at home to till the soil and care for the wives and children of the fighting men.
We even returned escaping slaves to their masters, and it was not unusual to see a fugitive repossessed by a claimant right in our camps.
If my memory is correct, it was General Butler who first recognized the folly of this course, and refused to return escaping slaves, on the ground that they were contraband of war, just as powder, shot, provisions, medicines or any other necessities would be.
The president did not sign the emancipation proclamation until (and then reluctantly) it was apparent that we could not conquer the Confederates, at least for an indefinite time, unless we converted their four millions of slaves into allies of our own; and it was a problem whether an announced intention to “free the niggers” wouldn’t discourage enlistments and stimulate desertions to such a degree as to offset the advantage of the proposed step.
The intimation of Dr. Singer that it was the Republicans, and not in any degree the Democrats, who won the right for the Union is ridiculous to one cognizant of all the facts at the time.
Was the Tammany Regiment, organized in the same building where the Sun is now published, and which left so large a percentage of officers and men on the field, made up of Republicans?
Were there any Abolitionists to be found in the Excelsior, or Sickles, brigade? Or, for instance, in the first five regiments from Connecticut, including General, then Lieutenant, Hawley’s?
The claim of the Republicans to have been Abolitionists came at a later date.
Their call upon the gratitude of the negroes and the admiration of mankind for having put an end to slavery in this country is unworthy of consideration. They did, to be sure, start the movement which had that result ultimately, but they foresaw that result as little did the cow that kicked over the lantern and started the great fire of Chicago. –W.J.L.D., in New York Sun, Nov. 12.
References
Augusta Chronicle 16th November 1903. Democrats in the Civil War: The Fight Was for the Union, Not for the Abolition of Slavery.
Filed under: Discussion and Debate Tagged: Abolitionism, African American, Democratic Party, Emancipation, Emancipation Proclamation, Irish American, Irish American Civil War, Republican Party
March 17, 2013
150 Years Ago Today: St. Patrick’s Day in the Army of the Potomac
I wrote a piece this week for thejournal.ie, Ireland’s main online news website. The theme was the St. Patrick’s Day festivities in the Army of the Potomac on 17th March 1863, which occurred 150 years ago today. In addition I hoped to raise awareness among Irish people of the scale of Irish involvement in the conflict, and the need for the country to take the opportunity of the sesquicentennial to remember those Irish involved. If you are interested in reading the piece you can find it by clicking here.
Filed under: Irish Brigade, St. Patrick's Day Tagged: Army of the Potomac, Edwin Forbes, Irish American Civil War, Irish Brigade, Irish Memorial, Saint Patrick Day, St. Patrick's Day, TheJournal.ie
March 15, 2013
Naming Over 800 Union Soldiers Who Supported the Poor of Ireland
A previous post examined the large sums of money that were collected from Union military personnel in 1862 and 1863 for the relief of the poor in Ireland. Despite the horrors of the ongoing war, the potential crisis in Ireland saw Irish Relief Funds emerge across the war-stricken North. Thousands of men in uniform took the time to make a contribution to save the vulnerable across the Atlantic, despite the fact that they themselves faced a potentially imminent death. I have created a database of the names of 871 of these donors, and have attempted to explore their fate. What became of these good samaritans in the final years of the war?
The majority of the military donors handed over anything between $1 and $5 for the Relief of the Irish Poor, with officers generally contributing greater amounts. All would have been forgiven for concentrating on their own situation, rather than concerning themselves with the plight of those still in Ireland. The desire for units to have their contribution recorded in newspapers such as the Irish-American allows us to examine the profile of some of these men, and explore what became of them during the war. This is an undertaking not without limitations; for example further work is required to discover what became of those men of the 4th United State Infantry and the sailors of the USS Kennebec.
Thousands of military personnel gave funds to assist the destitute poor of Ireland during the American Civil War (Image via Wikipedia)
The men recorded here predominantly served in the Eastern Theater, with notable exceptions being units such as the 10th Ohio and the telegraph builders from the Army of the Cumberland. It also highlights the high numbers of Irish in non-Irish formations, such as the regulars of the 4th U.S. Infantry, although traditional Irish regiments such as the 63rd and 88th New York of the Irish Brigade are also present. The Fenians clearly played a major part in organising some of these fund raising efforts, particularly those that took place in 1862 (such as the collection among the 10th Ohio Infantry). Elsewhere the drive appears to have been taken up at Company level, and it may be the case that in such situations almost everyone was expected to contribute something. The fact that a number of non-Irish names are included among the contributors demonstrates that it was not only emigrants from Ireland who felt a need to help out those they perceived as less fortunate.
The table below looks at 871 of the donations made by serving military in 1862 and 1863. Together they made a contribution to the Irish poor well in excess of $2,500. Although far from a complete list of those who contributed, it does provide a snapshot of some of the men who put their hands in their pockets to help hungry people across the Atlantic.
By attempting to cross-reference each name with available unit rosters, it has been possible to uncover some further detail of the service of many of the men listed. At least 78 did not survive the war- some fell on battlefields such as Gettysburg and Petersburg, while others perished in prison camps like Andersonville. Given the difficulty of tracking information on units like the 4th United States Infantry, the mortality rate amongst the donors is certainly much higher. Of those who did survive, more than 120 were wounded at some point during the conflict. At least 62 of the men saw desertion as their only escape from the carnage. More than fifty of them experienced life in Rebel hands, having been captured at some point during the war.
The majority of the money was collected only a few short weeks before the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns. It is likely that the funds had not even arrived in Ireland before those two great battles had wounded 39 of the men, caused 14 to become prisoners, left a further two missing, and ended the lives of 29. Of the 182 men of the 42nd New York Infantry (Tammany Regiment) who made contributions, at least 35 subsequently died during the war- 13 of them as a result of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Two of the donors would go on to receive the Medal of Honor. Second Lieutenant Edward M. Knox of the 15th Independent New York Light Artillery, who contributed $20 for the Irish poor, earned his award for his actions at Gettysburg on 2nd July 1863. Private Michael Madden of the 42nd New York, who had given $5, would receive his award in recognition of the gallantry he had displayed at Mason’s Island, Maryland, on 3rd September 1861.
The contributions made by these men undoubtedly made a difference in the efforts to assist the destitute in Ireland. Many of them ended up in early graves, victims of a fate that through financial aid they had sought to spare others. Today the contributions they made in 1862 and 1863 are virtually forgotten. These men deserve to have their names remembered, and to be recognised for the help they provided at a time of great need.
Name
Regiment
Donation
Fate
Campbell, Peter
10th Ohio
$1.00
Cody, William
10th Ohio
$2.00
Perryville (W)
Coughlan, Matthew
10th Ohio
$1.00
Dolan, Thomas
10th Ohio
$1.00
Donovan, William
10th Ohio
$1.00
Fitzgerald, James W.
10th Ohio
$5.00
Fitzgerald, William
10th Ohio
$1.00
Foley, Francis
10th Ohio
$1.00
Nashville (D)
Hartigan, Edward
10th Ohio
$1.00
Hickey, James T.
10th Ohio
$5.00
Kelly, Thomas J.
10th Ohio
£24 5s 5d
O’Connor, J
10th Ohio
$2.50
O’Higgins, William F
10th Ohio
$5.00
O’Neill, Daniel
10th Ohio
$1.00
O’Shea, Thomas F
10th Ohio
$5.00
Riordan, James P
10th Ohio
$1.00
Disability
Sullivan, Denis
10th Ohio
$1.00
Sweeney, Terence
10th Ohio
$1.00
Disability
Ward, W.W.
10th Ohio
$5.00
Wood, R.W.
10th Ohio
$5.00
A Soldier
17th Massachusetts
$1.00
Maguire, James T.
37th New York
$25.00
Williamsburg (W)
Allen, Richard
42nd New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (W)
Banon, Thomas
42nd New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
Barrett, Daniel
42nd New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (MW)
Baxendale, W
42nd New York
$1.00
Wilderness (MIA)
Beck, Charles
42nd New York
$0.50
Bennett, Joseph
42nd New York
$1.00
Bird, Henry
42nd New York
$1.00
Blackburn, Cornelius
42nd New York
$2.00
Blake, Edward
42nd New York
$1.00
Bourke, John
42nd New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (W)
Boyce, James
42nd New York
$1.00
Boyd, John
42nd New York
$1.00
Brandt, Albert
42nd New York
$1.00
Brice, Edward
42nd New York
$1.00
Burns, John
42nd New York
$5.00
Burns, Luke
42nd New York
$5.00
Weldon Railroad (POW)
Bushell, William
42nd New York
$5.00
Byrne, William
42nd New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (MW)
Byron, James
42nd New York
$1.00
Petersburg (POW)
Calahan, Denis
42nd New York
$1.00
Campbell, Francis
42nd New York
$1.00
Deserted
Caren, John
42nd New York
$2.00
Weldon Railroad (POW)
Carey, William
42nd New York
$2.00
Casey, James
42nd New York
$7.00
Gettysburg (W)
Cheesman, Michael
42nd New York
$1.00
Church, William
42nd New York
$1.00
Petersburg (POW)
Clines, Andrew
42nd New York
$2.00
Coffey, John
42nd New York
$7.00
Spotsylvania (KIA)
Colligan, Dennis
42nd New York
$5.00
Connelly, Felix
42nd New York
$2.00
Disability
Connelly, Francis
42nd New York
$1.00
Cosgrove, Arthur
42nd New York
$2.00
Craig, Hugh
42nd New York
$1.00
Craighton, Philip
42nd New York
$1.00
Bristoe Station (KIA)
Creely, Francis
42nd New York
$1.00
Petersburg (POW)
Crosby, Patrick
42nd New York
$1.00
Cuddy, Michael
42nd New York
$5.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
Cullen, James
42nd New York
$5.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
Cunningham, Michael
42nd New York
$5.00
Curly, Thomas
42nd New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
Curran, William
42nd New York
$1.00
Andersonville (DD)
Curry, Francis
42nd New York
$1.00
Daley, James P
42nd New York
$2.00
(POW)
Desmond, William
42nd New York
$2.00
Dolan, Bernard J
42nd New York
$2.50
Donovan, Michael
42nd New York
$1.00
Dougherty, James H
42nd New York
$5.00
Farmville (KIA)
Downing, Patrick J.
42nd New York
$25.00
Downs, John
42nd New York
$1.00
Doyle, John
42nd New York
$1.00
(POW)
Dunkinson, William
42nd New York
$5.00
Dunnigan, Thomas
42nd New York
$1.00
Edwards, Joseph
42nd New York
$1.00
Wilderness (W)
Fallon, John
42nd New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (W)
Fennessey, James
42nd New York
$5.00
Fitzgerald, John
42nd New York
$4.00
Fitzgerald, Patrick
42nd New York
$1.00
Spotsylvania (KIA)
Fitzharris, Maurice
42nd New York
$10.00
Gettysburg (W)
Fitzpatrick, P
42nd New York
$2.00
Fitzpatrick, Patrick
42nd New York
$5.00
Flaherty, Patrick
42nd New York
$2.00
Deserted
Flinn, William
42nd New York
$2.50
Gettysburg (KIA)
Flood, Michael
42nd New York
$1.00
(W)
Flynn, Peter
42nd New York
$5.00
Gaffney, Francis
42nd New York
$2.00
Gerrin, Jeremiah
42nd New York
$5.00
Gillen, John
42nd New York
$5.00
Gorman, Patrick
42nd New York
$1.00
Griffin, Thomas
42nd New York
$1.00
Petersburg (POW)
Hanlon, Bernard
42nd New York
$2.00
Hayes, Michael
42nd New York
$1.00
(POW)
Hickey, Michael
42nd New York
$1.00
Deserted
Horogan, Timothy
42nd New York
$1.00
(DD)
Hudson, John
42nd New York
$5.00
Hyde, Garrett
42nd New York
$1.00
Andersonville (DD)
Hydenhoff, Adam
42nd New York
$1.00
James, Thomas
42nd New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
Jameson, William
42nd New York
$1.00
Disability
Kane, James
42nd New York
$5.00
Spotsylvania (W)
Kane, Patrick
42nd New York
$1.00
Disability
Kehoe, Patrick
42nd New York
$5.00
Kelley, John P
42nd New York
$2.00
Kelly, Daniel
42nd New York
$1.00
(POW)
Kelly, Edward
42nd New York
$2.00
Kelly, Edward
42nd New York
$5.00
Spotsylvania (W)
Kennedy, Francis
42nd New York
$2.00
Kenney, Arthur
42nd New York
$5.00
Kenney, Michael
42nd New York
$1.00
Andersonville (DD)
Kenny, Lawrence
42nd New York
$2.00
Deserted
Kepple, Thomas
42nd New York
$5.00
Deserted
Kernen, Luke
42nd New York
$1.00
Kilduff, James
42nd New York
$2.00
Fredericksburg (W)
Leddy, Daniel
42nd New York
$2.00
Lippincott, Hiram
42nd New York
$2.00
Long, Edward
42nd New York
$1.00
Spotsylvania (MW)
Lynch, Michael
42nd New York
$1.00
Lynch, Michael
42nd New York
$2.00
Weldon Railroad (MW)
Lynch, William
42nd New York
$1.00
Lynch, William A.
42nd New York
$20.00
Cold Harbor (W)
Madden, Michael
42nd New York
$5.00
Medal of Honor
Maher, John
42nd New York
$2.00
Maley, G
42nd New York
$2.00
Mallon, James E.
42nd New York
$25.00
Bristoe Station (KIA)
Manton, Hiram
42nd New York
$2.00
McAuliffe, Richard
42nd New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (W)
McCarthy, Jeremiah
42nd New York
$1.50
Gettysburg (W)
McCormack, Michael
42nd New York
$1.00
McDermott, Edward
42nd New York
$1.00
Disability
McDermott, Owen
42nd New York
$8.00
Chancellorsville? (MW)
McDonnell, Michael
42nd New York
$1.00
Disability
McDonough, John
42nd New York
$2.00
(POW)
McDonough, Michael
42nd New York
$5.00
Antietam (W)
McGeever, James
42nd New York
$5.00
McGreal, Richard
42nd New York
$2.00
McIvor, Neil
42nd New York
$2.00
McKiheny, William
42nd New York
$1.00
McLoughlan, Andrew
42nd New York
$2.00
McManus, Patrick
42nd New York
$1.00
McNally, Edward
42nd New York
$1.00
McNally, Matthew
42nd New York
$1.00
Fredericksburg (W)
McNamara, James
42nd New York
$3.00
Cold Harbor (KIA)
McNamara, Patrick
42nd New York
$1.00
McNeills, James
42nd New York
$1.00
Menton, Bernard
42nd New York
$2.00
Petersburg (POW)
Merrick, James
42nd New York
$1.00
Molloy, Charles
42nd New York
$2.00
Molloy, John
42nd New York
$1.00
Molloy, John
42nd New York
$1.00
Moore, Charles
42nd New York
$1.00
(DD)
Moran, James
42nd New York
$2.00
Moriarty, John
42nd New York
$1.00
Mulcahy, William
42nd New York
$3.00
Andersonville (DD)
Mulholland, Charles
42nd New York
$2.00
Mullin, John
42nd New York
$2.00
Murphy
42nd New York
$1.00
Murphy, Francis
42nd New York
$1.00
Disability
Murphy, Hugh
42nd New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
Murphy, Joseph
42nd New York
$2.00
Cold Harbor (W)
Murray, Richard
42nd New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (W)
Murray, Thomas
42nd New York
$1.00
Nash, John
42nd New York
$1.00
Nevill, John
42nd New York
$2.00
Disability
Nilan, Patrick
42nd New York
$1.00
Weldon Railroad (POW)
Noonan, John
42nd New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (W)
Nugent, John
42nd New York
$2.50
Disability
O’Shea, William
42nd New York
$20.00
Spotsylvania (KIA)
O’Meara, Michael
42nd New York
$2.00
O’Neill, William
42nd New York
$1.00
Petersburg (POW)
O’Shea, Daniel
42nd New York
$5.00
Gettysburg (MW)
Peters, Lewis
42nd New York
$1.00
1864 (W)
Quinan, Richard
42nd New York
$1.00
Quinn, Bernard
42nd New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (W)
Quinn, Michael
42nd New York
$1.00
Quirke, John
42nd New York
$2.00
Spotsylvania (KIA)
Raap, John
42nd New York
$1.00
Deserted
Ramsden, Thomas
42nd New York
$1.00
Reedy, Michael
42nd New York
$1.00
Reilly, Hugh
42nd New York
$1.00
Reynold, Bernard
42nd New York
$1.00
Reynolds, Francis F.
42nd New York
$5.00
Fredericksburg (W), Spotsylvania (W)
Ritter, John
42nd New York
$1.50
Ruddy, George B.
42nd New York
$5.00
May 1864 (KIA)
Rutledge, William
42nd New York
$1.00
Antietam (W), Gettysburg (W)
Ryan, Thomas
42nd New York
$2.00
Sawer, Peter
42nd New York
$1.00
Scanlon, John
42nd New York
$5.00
Disability
Scott, James
42nd New York
$1.00
Shilton, James
42nd New York
$2.00
Smith, John
42nd New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
Smithwick, John
42nd New York
$1.00
Petersburg (POW)
Smyth, John
42nd New York
$2.00
Deserted
Somerville, Thomas
42nd New York
$1.00
Petersburg (W)(POW)
Standford, Stuart
42nd New York
$1.00
Stone, Christopher
42nd New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
Strip, William
42nd New York
$1.00
Andersonville (DD)
Sullivan, Eugene
42nd New York
$5.00
(POW)
Wallace, William
42nd New York
$1.00
(DD)
Walsh, James H
42nd New York
$2.00
Walsh, Michael
42nd New York
$2.00
West, Peter
42nd New York
$5.00
Gettysburg (MW)
Wright, Robert C.
42nd New York
$10.00
Spotsylvania (W)
Wright, Thomas
42nd New York
$10.00
Antietam (W)
Ahern, C
4th United States
$2.00
Aldardice, Mr.
4th United States
$5.00
Allshouse
4th United States
$1.00
Atkinson
4th United States
$2.00
Bagnell
4th United States
$2.00
Balliol
4th United States
$3.00
Bamford
4th United States
$1.00
Becker, W
4th United States
$1.00
Boyle
4th United States
$1.00
Boyle, J.G.
4th United States
$3.00
Brady
4th United States
$1.00
Brophy, J
4th United States
$5.00
Brosnahan, F
4th United States
$1.00
Brown
4th United States
$1.00
Carroll, M
4th United States
$1.00
Chambers, J
4th United States
$3.00
Clarke
4th United States
$4.00
Clarke
4th United States
$2.00
Connan, Herod
4th United States
$2.00
Connell
4th United States
$2.00
Corrigan
4th United States
$2.00
Cribbens, M
4th United States
$5.00
Davis
4th United States
$1.00
Dempsey, M
4th United States
$10.00
Doolan
4th United States
$2.00
Drewry
4th United States
$1.00
Dunne
4th United States
$1.00
Dunne
4th United States
$1.00
Engers, C
4th United States
$1.00
Farrell, J
4th United States
$5.00
Flynn
4th United States
$1.00
Flynn
4th United States
$1.00
Forman
4th United States
$1.00
Frey, G
4th United States
$1.00
Fry
4th United States
$1.00
Gillis
4th United States
$2.00
Gordon, John
4th United States
$5.00
Hall
4th United States
$1.00
Hall, Thomas
4th United States
$2.00
Hamil
4th United States
$2.00
Handle
4th United States
$1.00
Hodgson
4th United States
$1.00
Hogan
4th United States
$1.00
Howard, J
4th United States
$1.00
Hughes
4th United States
$1.00
Ingalls
4th United States
$2.00
Kelly
4th United States
$3.00
Kelly, Daniel
4th United States
$5.00
Kenear
4th United States
$2.00
Kenna, M.
4th United States
$5.00
Krebbs
4th United States
$1.00
Larkin
4th United States
$1.00
Laverty
4th United States
$1.00
Leistner
4th United States
$1.00
Leonouar
4th United States
$1.00
Lynn, J
4th United States
$1.50
McBride, B
4th United States
$3.00
McCarthy, PH
4th United States
$5.00
McDonnell, J
4th United States
$5.00
McGarraghy, P
4th United States
$10.00
McGarry, M
4th United States
$5.00
McGovern
4th United States
$2.00
McGuire
4th United States
$1.00
McKenna, J
4th United States
$5.00
McKibbin, Mr.
4th United States
$5.00
McLaughlin
4th United States
$5.00
McMasters, J
4th United States
$2.00
McMurphy
4th United States
$1.00
McNeill
4th United States
$1.00
McSweegan
4th United States
$1.00
Meagher
4th United States
$1.00
Miller
4th United States
$2.00
Mills
4th United States
$1.00
Monaghan, T
4th United States
$5.00
Murphy, Joseph
4th United States
$1.00
Needham
4th United States
$2.00
Newman
4th United States
$1.00
Nicholson, R
4th United States
$1.00
O’Connell
4th United States
$5.00
O’Kelly
4th United States
$1.00
O’Kieff
4th United States
$2.00
O’Neill
4th United States
$1.00
O’Neill
4th United States
$2.00
O’Neill
4th United States
$5.00
Phillips
4th United States
$1.00
Progue, J
4th United States
$5.00
Quinn, Thomas F
4th United States
$5.00
Quirman
4th United States
$1.00
Randolph
4th United States
$1.00
Regan
4th United States
$5.00
Reily, John
4th United States
$5.00
Rice
4th United States
$2.00
Robinson
4th United States
$1.00
Rodgerson
4th United States
$1.00
Rolands, J.
4th United States
$5.00
Rooney, Simon
4th United States
$1.00
Rupp
4th United States
$1.00
Russell, John
4th United States
$5.00
Sheedy
4th United States
$2.00
Shoal
4th United States
$1.00
Simpson
4th United States
$1.00
Smith
4th United States
$1.00
Smith
4th United States
$2.00
Sullivan
4th United States
$2.00
Sullivan, T
4th United States
$1.00
Swartz
4th United States
$1.00
Tectar
4th United States
$2.00
Van Roe
4th United States
$1.00
Van Valkenberg
4th United States
$1.00
Welsh
4th United States
$1.00
Widdows, F
4th United States
$1.00
Wilkes
4th United States
$2.00
Williams, J.D.
4th United States
$5.00
Yeoman
4th United States
$1.00
Flaherty, Nicholas
9th Massachusetts
Organised $100
Wilderness (KIA)
A Soldier
Camp Sickles
$2.00
Kelly, Cornelius
Fort Pulaski Garrison
Organised $231.75
Black, J.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Briney, A.
USS Kennebec
$2.00
Burnet, C.L.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Butler, J.J.
USS Kennebec
$3.00
Buttimore, R.
USS Kennebec
$2.00
Campbell, P.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Carney, J.
USS Kennebec
$2.00
Cogin, J.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Coleman, John
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Cook, F.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Emerson, A.L.
USS Kennebec
$3.00
Emile, F.
USS Kennebec
$1.00
Faber, J.
USS Kennebec
$3.00
Fearon, G.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Feneran, Thomas
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Fielden, A.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Fields, C.A.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Francis, J.
USS Kennebec
$3.00
Gallagher, J.C.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Gallagher, P.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Gilgan, J.
USS Kennebec
$3.00
Griffin, L.
USS Kennebec
$2.00
Hennessy, J.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Herring, R.
USS Kennebec
$2.00
Higgins, J.P.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Hogan, J.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Holland, J.E.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
J.H.R.
USS Kennebec
$10.00
Latham, D.H.
USS Kennebec
$2.00
Levye, T.
USS Kennebec
$1.00
Locke, L.
USS Kennebec
$3.00
Lovering, G.P.
USS Kennebec
$3.00
Mahar, M.
USS Kennebec
$1.00
Martin, J.
USS Kennebec
$3.00
Milligan, O.
USS Kennebec
$3.00
Murray, J.
USS Kennebec
$3.00
Nields, H.C.
USS Kennebec
$3.00
Noonan, J.
USS Kennebec
$1.00
O’Keeffe, D.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Oryen, John
USS Kennebec
$1.00
Robinson, L.W.
USS Kennebec
$3.00
Shea, D.
USS Kennebec
$4.00
Shea, J.
USS Kennebec
$3.00
Sinclair, C
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Smith, J.W.B.
USS Kennebec
$1.00
Spaulding, S.B.
USS Kennebec
$1.00
Todd, G.
USS Kennebec
$1.00
Wade, H.C.
USS Kennebec
$5.00
Welsh, J.
USS Kennebec
$2.00
Wiles, R.
USS Kennebec
$2.00
“Scribbler”, The
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$3.00
Ballantyne, James
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Globe Tavern (KIA)
Barry, James
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Disability
Battle, Thomas
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Beatty, John B.
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Brady, Dennis
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
Brash, James
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Brennan, Michael
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Butler, Michael
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Cold Harbor (MW)
Byrne, Joseph
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Carr, Michael
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Clark, James
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Comerford, James
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Connors, Thomas
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Deserted
Corr, Patrick
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Cold Harbor (KIA)
Crane, Henry
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Weldon Railroad (W)
Daly, John
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Delany, Martin
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$20.00
Delany, Martin
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Donahue, Alexander
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Donnelly, Michael
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Dowling, John
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Weldon Railroad (W)
Downey, Patrick
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Derbeau, Narcisse
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Duggan, Michael
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Dyer, Arthur
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Deserted
Edwards, Patrick
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$3.00
Petersburg (KIA)
Elliot, William
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Ellworth, Paul
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$4.00
Feehan, Patrick
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Fitzgerald, Thomas
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Gettysburg (W)
Flanagan, Michael
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Fox, Henry
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$20.00
Fulton, Edward
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Gannon, Farrell
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Deserted
Girdler, Charles A.
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Petersburg (W)
Grant, Daniel
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Halloran, Thomas
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Hardy, Sam
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Deserted
Hassinger, Christopher
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
(POW)
Hayes, William
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Bethesda Church (W)
Healy, Joseph
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Heany, Robert
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Hickey, William
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Deserted
Higgins, John
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Hogan, Michael
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Hourigan, John
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$3.00
Howard, Walter
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Gettysburg (W)
Hutton, Richard
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Jeffrey, Alex
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$3.00
Kelly, Michael
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
King, John
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Knox, Edward M.
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$20.00
Gettysburg (W), Medal of Honor
Leary, Timothy
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
McCaffery, James
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Deserted
McCutcheon, Andrew
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
McDonough, Michael
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Deserted
McFarland, Charles
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
McGinty, Peter
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Gettysburg (W)
McGouldrick, Patrick
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
McGowan, John
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Deserted
McLoughlin, John
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Deserted
McMahon, Andrew R.
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$20.00
McNally, William
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Bethesda Church (W)
McWilliams, David
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Molloy, William
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Gettysburg (W)
Molony, Thomas
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$4.00
Montgomery, Robert J.
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Moran, Patrick
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Mulcahy, Roger
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Mulligan, James
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Murphy, James
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Murphy, James
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
(DD)
Neeson, Charles
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Gettysburg (MW)
O’Brien, James
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$10.00
O’Connor, Patrick
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Deserted
O’Donnell, Michael
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
O’Neill, Patrick
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
O’Rourke, Bernard
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Weldon Railroad (W)
Parling, Philip
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$4.00
Peyton, James
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Private
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Private
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Punch, John
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
(DD)
Reardon, William
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$3.00
Reynolds, William
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Robertson, Alexander L.
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Rooney, Andrew
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Weldon Railroad (W)
Sheehy, Edmund
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Gettysburg (W)
Sheehy, James
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Sheehy, John
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Sheehy, Michael
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Weldon Railroad (W)
Sheehy, William
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$5.00
Smith, Robert G.
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Sneky, William
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Sullivan, William
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$10.00
Petersburg (W)
Sullivan, William H.
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Trainor, James
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$2.00
Deserted
Welsh, Patrick
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Wood, Thomas
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Woods, Hugh
15th Ind. NY Light Battery
$1.00
Bentley, Richard C.
63rd New York
$10.00
Gettysburg (W)
Caldwell, John
63rd New York
$1.00
Fredericksburg (W)
Carreher, Bernard
63rd New York
$5.00
Carroll, Edward B.
63rd New York
$10.00
Sutherland (KIA)
Casey, J.
63rd New York
$1.00
Church, Henry C.
63rd New York
$2.00
Cochlan, John
63rd New York
$5.00
Coleman, James
63rd New York
$25.00
Cullen, William
63rd New York
$5.00
Antietam (W)
Dacey, John
63rd New York
$1.00
Bristoe Station (POW)
Dadd, Charles
63rd New York
$2.00
Daly, Michael
63rd New York
$1.00
Darby, Peter
63rd New York
$1.00
Dorgan, J
63rd New York
$2.00
Duffy, Thomas
63rd New York
$1.00
Antietam (W)
Duncan, Peter
63rd New York
$5.00
Dwyer, James
63rd New York
$1.00
Dwyer, John
63rd New York
$10.00
Antietam (W)
Elliot, Joseph J.
63rd New York
$3.00
Gallagher, Edward
63rd New York
$1.00
Garry, James
63rd New York
$1.00
Petersburg (W)
Gleason, John H.
63rd New York
$10.00
Granfield, John
63rd New York
$1.00
POW, Augusta (DD)
Halley, William
63rd New York
$5.00
Hanlon, Michael
63rd New York
$5.00
Hannon, Thomas
63rd New York
$2.00
Harris, John
63rd New York
$2.00
Bristoe Station (POW), Andersonville (DD)
Hart, Matthew
63rd New York
$12.00
Hayes, John
63rd New York
$2.00
Hayes, William
63rd New York
$2.00
(DD)
Hodgins, William
63rd New York
$1.00
Healy, J.
63rd New York
$1.00
Hickman, Patrick
63rd New York
$1.00
Hughes, Thomas
63rd New York
$5.00
Deserted
Hurley, John J.
63rd New York
$10.00
(MIA)
Joyce, Thomas
63rd New York
$5.00
Kelly, Michael
63rd New York
$1.00
Kelly, Thomas
63rd New York
$1.00
Kelly, Thomas
63rd New York
$5.00
Kenny, Patrick
63rd New York
$5.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
Lellers, John J.
63rd New York
$5.00
Linn, A.
63rd New York
$1.00
Looney, Daniel E.
63rd New York
$2.00
Malvern Hill (POW), Antietam (W), Gettysburg (POW), DD
Lynch, Daniel
63rd New York
$2.00
Wilderness (MW)
Madden, Christopher
63rd New York
$5.00
Petersburg (DD)
Martin, J.
63rd New York
$1.00
McCarthy, Patrick
63rd New York
$1.00
McCormick, James
63rd New York
$10.00
McDonough, Joseph
63rd New York
$10.00
McGeehan, Patrick
63rd New York
$5.00
Gettysburg (MIA)
McGahan, Patrick
63rd New York
$2.00
Deserted
McGrane, Michael
63rd New York
$1.00
Deserted
McMichael, James
63rd New York
$1.00
McQuade, James
63rd New York
$5.00
(POW)
Meagher, Jeremiah
63rd New York
$5.00
Meehan, Hugh
63rd New York
$1.00
Wilderness (W)
Moore, Michael
63rd New York
$3.00
Deserted
Murray, John
63rd New York
$3.00
O’Brien, Edward
63rd New York
$5.00
Spotsylvania (W)
O’Brien, John
63rd New York
$5.00
Gettysburg (MW)
O’Connell, Michael
63rd New York
$5.00
O’Connor, J.
63rd New York
$1.00
O’Meara, James
63rd New York
$1.00
O’Neil, Timothy
63rd New York
$5.00
Quirk, William
63rd New York
$20.00
Fredericksburg (W)
Rattigan, John
63rd New York
$1.00
Wilderness (MW)
Reynolds, James
63rd New York
$5.00
Roach, Richard
63rd New York
$5.00
Roddy, Michael
63rd New York
$10.00
Root, Albert
63rd New York
$10.00
Rutledge, Thomas
63rd New York
$2.00
Deserted
Ryan, Thomas
63rd New York
$2.00
Sheehan, Michael
63rd New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (MIA)
Shehan, Michael
63rd New York
$2.00
Sheridan, Patrick
63rd New York
$5.00
Smart, John
63rd New York
$2.00
Petersburg (W)
Smith, James
63rd New York
$2.00
Sullivan, Denis
63rd New York
$2.00
Tansey, Bartley
63rd New York
$1.00
James River (POW), Chancellorsville (POW)
Terry, William C.
63rd New York
$3.00
Tumalty, Owen
63rd New York
$2.00
Tuohy, Thomas
63rd New York
$10.00
Wilderness (MW)
Watson, William
63rd New York
$2.00
Ahearn, John
88th New York
$1.00
Chancellorsville (POW)
Ahern, Cornelius
88th New York
$2.00
Alton, Dewitt
88th New York
$2.00
Berry, Thomas
88th New York
$5.00
Antietam (W), Petersburg (POW)
Birmingham, James
88th New York
$2.00
Blake, Henry
88th New York
$1.00
Chancellorsville (POW), Bristoe Station (POW)
Boyer, Elias
148th Pennsylvania
$5.00
Brady, John
88th New York
$3.00
Brown, William J.
88th New York
$2.00
Buckley, Lawrence
88th New York
$2.00
Burke Denis F.
88th New York
$20.00
Burke, Edward
88th New York
$1.00
Burke, William
88th New York
$3.00
Disability
Burns, Hugh
88th New York
$1.00
Deserted
Butler, Pierce
88th New York
$3.00
Deserted
Cade, John
88th New York
$3.00
Malvern Hill (W), Deserted
Cahill, Thomas
88th New York
$1.00
Fredericksburg (W), Cold Harbor (KIA)
Callaghan, John
88th New York
$2.00
Chancellorsville (POW)
Canton, John
88th New York
$5.00
Carr, James
88th New York
$5.00
Deserted
Carroll, Michael
88th New York
$1.00
Carroll, Nielly
88th New York
$1.00
Carver, John
88th New York
$2.00
Fredericksburg (W)
Clark. Andrew
88th New York
$3.00
Gettysburg (W)
Cleary, James
88th New York
$5.00
New York (D)
Coleman, John
88th New York
$2.00
Comey, James
12th New York
$5.00
Concannon, Martin
88th New York
$5.00
Condron, Patrick
88th New York
$1.00
Chancellorsville (W)
Conolly, Patrick
88th New York
$2.00
Antietam (W)
Coyle, William
88th New York
$2.00
Croghan, Patrick
88th New York
$2.00
Crowley, Jeremiah
88th New York
$1.00
Chancellorsville (MW)
Crystal, T.
88th New York
$1.00
Curran, John
88th New York
$5.00
Deserted
Curry, Hugh
88th New York
$2.00
Cusick, John
88th New York
$5.00
Daily, Joseph
88th New York
$1.00
Dalton, John
88th New York
$2.00
Savage Station (W)
Daly, Michael
88th New York
$5.00
Fredericksburg (W)
Dean, Patrick
88th New York
$2.00
Deserted
Desmond, John
88th New York
$5.00
Devereaux, Joseph
88th New York
$2.00
Dillon, James
88th New York
$2.00
Deserted
Discoll, Benedict J.
88th New York
$5.00
Petersburg (W)
Doheny, Timothy
88th New York
$5.00
Wilderness (W)
Dowdall, Richard
88th New York
$10.00
Drew, Patrick
88th New York
$2.00
Egan, Michael
88th New York
$10.00
Egan, Patrick
88th New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (W), (DD)
English, Matthew
88th New York
$1.00
Antietam (W)
Everson, Austin
88th New York
$1.00
Fallon, Martin
88th New York
$1.00
Finen, Richard
88th New York
$5.00
Fantry, James
88th New York
$5.00
Farmer, John
88th New York
$1.00
Farrell, J.
88th New York
$2.00
Ferry, John
88th New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
Fitzgibbon, John
88th New York
$2.00
Antietam (W), Deserted
Flannigan, William
88th New York
$1.00
Deserted
Foley, John
88th New York
$2.00
Deserted
Foley, William
88th New York
$5.00
Ford, George
88th New York
$5.00
Fox, James
88th New York
$1.00
Friend, A
88th New York
$20.00
Friend, A
88th New York
$1.00
Friery, Lawrence
88th New York
$3.00
Fredericksburg (W)
Funk, George
88th New York
$1.00
Gallagher, Michael
88th New York
$10.00
Gardiner, Joseph
88th New York
$1.00
Geary, Michael
88th New York
$3.00
Fredericksburg (W), Chancellorsville (POW)
Geoghegan, George
88th New York
$5.00
Gordon, Robert W.
88th New York
$5.00
Deep Bottom (KIA)
Graham, Michael
88th New York
$2.00
Disability
Green, James
88th New York
$1.00
Deserted
Groves, John
88th New York
$1.00
Gunnity, James
88th New York
$1.00
Hamilton, George
88th New York
$2.00
Fredericksburg (W)
Hardyman, John
88th New York
$2.00
Harrison, Richard S.
88th New York
$1.00
Antietam (W)
Hayden, Michael
88th New York
$1.00
Antietam (W)
Hastings, William
88th New York
$5.00
Hatton, James
28th Massachusetts
Organised 31
2nd Bull Run (W), Gettysburg (MW)
Healy, Patrick
88th New York
$5.00
Henry, William
88th New York
$5.00
Cold Harbor (W)
Herr, Thomas
88th New York
$1.00
Hoey, Patrick
88th New York
$1.00
Hogan, Mathew
88th New York
$1.00
Fredericksburg (W), Po River (W)
Hogan, Patrick
88th New York
$5.00
Malvern Hill (W)
Hughes, Owen
88th New York
$5.00
Disability
Hyde, Michael
88th New York
$2.00
Fair Oaks (W)
Hyland, Joseph
88th New York
$3.00
North Anna (W)
Johnston, Edward
88th New York
$2.00
Fredericksburg (W)
Joyce, Charles
88th New York
$5.00
Gettysburg (W)
Kane, James
88th New York
$10.00
Kane, John
88th New York
$1.00
Keating, William
88th New York
$2.00
Fredericksburg (W), Gettysburg (W), Petersburg (W)
Keegan, John
88th New York
$5.00
Fredericksburg (W), Chancellorsville (W)
Keifer, Jacob
88th New York
$1.00
Totopotomoy (W)
Kellegher, P.
88th New York
$2.00
Kelly, Denis
88th New York
$3.00
Bristoe Station (W)
Kelly, Patrick
88th New York
$20.00
Petersburg (KIA)
Kennedy, John
88th New York
$2.00
Chancellorsville (POW), Deserted
Kilcoyne, John
88th New York
$3.00
Fair Oaks (W), Petersburg (W)
Kiernan, Francis
88th New York
$1.00
Larkin, Michael
88th New York
$1.00
Leahy, Hugh
88th New York
$1.00
Disability
Leary, Daniel
88th New York
$1.00
Weldon Railroad (POW)
Ledwich, James
88th New York
$1.00
Deserted
Lenehan, Francis
88th New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (W)
Lenihan, Daniel
88th New York
$1.00
Fredericksburg (W)
Leonard, Dennis
88th New York
$5.00
Cold Harbor (W)
Linehan, Michael
88th New York
$1.00
Lynch, Thomas
88th New York
$5.00
Deserted
Lynn, Michael
88th New York
$1.00
(W)
Madigan, John
88th New York
$10.00
Maher, James
88th New York
$2.00
Deserted
Maher, William
88th New York
$2.00
Deserted
Marion, James
88th New York
$3.00
Martin, James
88th New York
$5.00
McAuliffe, Lawrence
88th New York
$1.00
Antietam (W)
McBride, J.
88th New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
McCain, Alex
88th New York
$2.00
McCarthy, James
88th New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (W)
McConnell, John
88th New York
$1.00
McCormick, Hugh
88th New York
$1.00
McDonald, Michael
88th New York
$2.00
Chancellorsville (KIA)
McDonald, Thomas
88th New York
$5.00
McDonnald, Ross
88th New York
$2.00
Fredericksburg (W), Spotsylvania (KIA)
McDonnell, John
88th New York
$1.00
McFadden, John
88th New York
$1.00
Antietam (W), Deserted
McGlynn, Timothy
88th New York
$3.00
McGowan, John
88th New York
$1.00
Deep Bottom (W), Deserted
McGowan, John
88th New York
$1.00
McGrane, Michael
88th New York
$5.00
McKenna, Alexander
88th New York
$1.00
Deserted
McKenna, Patrick
88th New York
$1.00
Disability
McNally, Bernard
88th New York
$1.00
McNally, John
88th New York
$3.00
Antietam (W)
McNamara, Patrick
88th New York
$3.00
Chancellorsville (W)
Meehan, Patrick
88th New York
$1.00
Antietam (W), Chancellorsville (W)
Meighan, John
88th New York
$5.00
Mitchell, Samuel
88th New York
$1.00
Fredericksburg (W), Deserted
Monahan, John
88th New York
$1.00
Deserted
Morton, John
88th New York
$2.00
Antietam (W)
Murphy, Patrick
88th New York
$1.00
Savage Station (W)
Murray, Patrick
88th New York
$2.00
Murray, Timothy J.
88th New York
$10.00
Gettysburg (W), Deserted
Nevin, James
88th New York
$1.00
Noonan, John
88th New York
$1.00
Fredericksburg (W), Gettysburg (W)
O’Brien, Cornelius
88th New York
$5.00
O’Brien, Patrick
88th New York
$1.00
O’Brien, Thomas H.
88th New York
$20.00
Fredericksburg (W)
O’Brien, William McMahon
88th New York
$20.00
O’Connor, John
88th New York
$3.00
Deserted
O’Connor, James
9th NY State Militia
O’Connor, William
88th New York
$10.00
(W)
O’Connor, William J.
88th New York
$10.00
Fredericksburg (W), Spotsylvania (W)
O’Donnell, John
88th New York
$1.00
O’Dowyer, Joseph
88th New York
$1.00
O’Hara, Joseph
88th New York
$2.00
Fredericksburg (W), Deserted
O’Keefe, David
88th New York
$1.00
O’Neill, Patrick
88th New York
$5.00
Fredericksburg (W), Deserted
O’Neill, William
88th New York
$1.00
Deserted
Philbin, Owen
88th New York
$1.00
Polester, Herman
88th New York
$2.00
Deserted
Powell, Richard
88th New York
$20.00
Quinlan, Patrick
88th New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (W)(POW), Disability
Radford, Thomas
88th New York
$2.00
Reilly, Thomas
88th New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (W)
Reilly, Thomas
88th New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (POW), Spotsylvania (KIA)
Renshaw, D.
88th New York
$10.00
Reynolds, Michael
88th New York
$10.00
Deserted
Reilly, Owen
88th New York
$1.00
Deserted
Roach, Garrett
88th New York
$2.00
Petersburg (POW)
Roach, Thomas
88th New York
$1.00
Rodgers, William
88th New York
$5.00
Roe, James
88th New York
$13.00
Deserted
Roland, James
88th New York
$5.00
Ryan, John
88th New York
$3.00
Chancellorsville (KIA)
Ryan, Patrick
88th New York
$1.00
Chancellorsville (W)
Ryder, Patrick
88th New York
$20.00
Fredericksburg (W), Wilderness (KIA)
Salmon, Charles
88th New York
$5.00
Scott, Joseph
88th New York
$1.00
Sexton, Patrick
88th New York
$2.00
Fredericksburg (W), Chancellorsville (POW)
Shanley, Michael
88th New York
$3.00
Shea, James
88th New York
$2.00
Shea, John
88th New York
$10.00
Petersburg (W)
Sheridan, Thomas
88th New York
$2.00
Chancellorsville (POW)
Skehan, Patrick
88th New York
$2.00
Deserted
Small, John
88th New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
Smith, Hugh
88th New York
$1.00
Disability
Smith, Patrick
88th New York
$5.00
Chancellorsville (W), Gettysburg (W)
Smith, Thomas
88th New York
$5.00
Southwell, Henry
88th New York
$5.00
Sparks, John
88th New York
$10.00
Savage Station (W)
Sullivan, Michael
88th New York
$1.00
Deserted
Sweeney, James
88th New York
$3.00
Fredericksburg (W)
Tevnan, Mark
88th New York
$1.00
Antietam (W), Gettysburg (W)
Tighe, William H.
88th New York
$1.00
Glendale (W), Disability
Tobin, James
88th New York
$1.00
Tracey, Patrick
88th New York
$1.00
Fredericksburg (W), Chancellorsville (W)(POW)
Trainor, Thomas
88th New York
$1.00
Tuomy, Thomas
88th New York
$3.00
Stevensburg (D)
Walker, Eneas
88th New York
$5.00
Weldon Railroad (POW)
Wall, Maurice W.
88th New York
$20.00
Wallace, John
88th New York
$1.00
Petersburg (POW)
Walsh, John
88th New York
$2.00
Walsh, William J.
88th New York
$2.00
Webster, John
88th New York
$5.00
White, James
88th New York
$1.00
Woods, Bernard
88th New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (POW)
Allen, Thomas
94th New York
$1.00
June 1864 (POW)
Ball, John
94th New York
$1.00
Five Forks (KIA)
Barry, John
94th New York
$1.00
Bates, Jacob
94th New York
$1.00
Boyce, Richard
94th New York
$1.00
Boyne, Richard
94th New York
$2.00
Five Forks (KIA)
Brennan, Edward
94th New York
$1.00
Deserted
Burns, James H.
94th New York
$1.00
Calvin, John
94th New York
$0.50
Disability
Canty, James
94th New York
$1.00
Weldon Railroad (POW)
Carey, Calvin G.
94th New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (W)
Carroll, Peter
94th New York
$1.00
Weldon Railroad (POW), Salisbury (DD)
Chamberlain, David C.
94th New York
$2.00
Clemens, William
94th New York
$0.50
Weldon Railroad (POW)
Congor, Edward
94th New York
$0.50
Connors, Patrick
94th New York
$1.00
Curtain, Jefferson
94th New York
$2.00
Coyle, Patrick
94th New York
$2.00
Petersburg (W)
Croaker, Albert
94th New York
$2.00
Weldon Railroad (POW)
Creelie, Thomas
94th New York
$1.00
Daly, Charles
90th Pennsylvania
$1.00
Delaney, Michael
94th New York
$1.00
Donohue, Michael
94th New York
$1.00
Donovan, William
94th New York
$2.00
Deserted
Fitzgerald, John R.
94th New York
$5.00
Weldon Railroad (POW), Point Lookout (D)
French, George
94th New York
$5.00
1864 (POW), Five Forks (KIA)
Friend, A
94th New York
$1.00
Galvin, Michael
94th New York
$1.00
Weldon Railroad (POW)
Graham, Owen
94th New York
$1.00
Haggerty, John
94th New York
$1.00
Hayes, E.
94th New York
$1.00
Heary, Matthew
94th New York
$1.00
Hickey, M.
94th New York
$5.00
Howell, John
94th New York
$1.00
Jacobs, Michael
94th New York
$1.00
Deserted
Johnson, John
94th New York
$3.00
Court-martialled
Keefe, Thomas
12th Massachusetts
$2.00
Wilderness (POW)
Kerns, James
94th New York
$2.00
King, John
94th New York
$2.00
Kinsella, William
94th New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (W)
Mackey, Alexander
94th New York
$1.00
Deserted
Mangan, James
94th New York
$1.00
Mapey, William
94th New York
$1.00
McArdle, James
94th New York
$1.00
Weldon Railroad (POW)
McCullagh, P.
94th New York
$1.00
McDonald, Robert
94th New York
$1.00
Weldon Railroad (POW)
McGlinn, Francis
94th New York
$1.00
McGuire, John
94th New York
$1.00
McKee, Robert
94th New York
$1.00
Deserted
McKendry, William
94th New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
McKenna, Charles
94th New York
$2.00
Gettysburg (W)
McLarney, John
94th New York
$1.00
June 1864 (W)
McMahon, John
94th New York
$10.00
Gettysburg (POW)
McMaster, Charles
94th New York
$1.00
Petersburg (W)
McMackin, James
94th New York
$1.00
McQuickin, H.
94th New York
$1.00
Mulligan, Patrick
94th New York
$1.00
Deserted
Nichols, Alexander
94th New York
$0.50
O’Donnell, John
94th New York
$1.00
O’Donoghue, Florence
94th New York
$1.00
Pringle, George
94th New York
$1.00
Rattigan, James
94th New York
$1.00
Gettysburg (KIA)
Rogers, J.H.
94th New York
$1.00
Rooney, James
94th New York
$1.00
Sard, Thomas P.
94th New York
$1.00
Slattery, Michael
94th New York
$2.00
Weldon Railroad (W), Disability
Sullivan, John
94th New York
$1.00
Sullivan, Patrick
94th New York
$2.00
Sunman, Thomas
94th New York
$1.00
Taylor, Steadman
94th New York
$1.00
Thrasher, George
94th New York
$1.00
Deserted
Turim, Daniel
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Key: (W)- Wounded; (D)- Died; Disability- Discharged for Disability; (KIA)- Killed in Action; (MW)- Mortally Wounded; (POW)- Prisoner of War; (MIA)- Missing in Action; (DD)- Died of Disease.
References
Rosters of New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
Irish American Weekly 2nd August 1862 ‘Aid for Father Lavelle’
Irish American Weekly 14th February 1863 ‘Impending Famine in Ireland’
Daily National Intelligencer 9th April 1863 ‘The Suffering Poor of Ireland. Relief Meeting- Speech of Gen McClellan’
New York Herald 29th April 1863 ‘The Irish Relief Fund’
Irish American Weekly 2nd May 1863 ‘Relief for Ireland from the Army of Rosecranz’
Irish American Weekly 2nd May 1863 ‘Relief from the Irish Brigade’
New York Irish American 9th May 1863 ‘Relief From the Tammany Regiment’
Irish American Weekly 9th May 1863 ‘Irish Relief Fund. Charity in the Camp’
Freeman’s Journal 15th May 1863 ‘American Sympathy for Irish Distress’
Irish American Weekly 23rd May 1863 ‘Irish Relief Fund’
Irish American Weekly 23rd May 1863 ‘Fourth United States Infantry’
Irish American Weekly 6th June 1863 ‘Relief for Ireland, from the Irish Brigade and 94th N.Y. Vols.’
Irish American Weekly 27th June 1863 ‘The Central Relief Committee’
Boston Herald 5th August 1863 ‘Soldiers’ Contribution for the Relief of Ireland’
Irish American Weekly 1st August 1863 ‘Relief for Ireland’
Irish American Weekly 8th August 1863 ‘Contributions in the Diocese of Boston’
Irish American Weekly 29th August 1863 ‘Irish Central Relief Committee. Full and Final Report of Its Operations’
Filed under: Irish in the American Civil War, The Civil War and Ireland Tagged: Battle of Gettysburg, Destitute Poor, Fenian Brotherhood, Great Famine, Irish American Civil War, Irish Relief Fund, Poor of Ireland, Telegraph Builders
March 11, 2013
The Losses of 21 Irish Regiments during the American Civil War
The latest addition to the Resources section of the site are the fatality details of 21 Irish regiments who served the Union during the Civil War. Check out the ‘More Resources’ tab on the top right of the site and access the drop down menu to see what else is available.
In 1889 William F. Fox published his Regimental Losses in the American Civil War. It has become famed for listing the 300 Union units which suffered the highest casualties during the conflict, but Fox also charts the losses of those Federal formations with casualty rates outside those fabled 300. Although certain elements of the work have been revised, it still stands virtually alone as a single source for detailed Union casualty figures from the American Civil War.
Although the majority of Irishmen served in non-Irish units during the conflict, there were still a large number of ‘Irish’ regiments. The list below reproduces Fox’s figures for 21 of these regiments. Despite being interesting in and of itself, the list necessarily needs to be treated with caution. It excludes what might be regarded as non-infantry ‘Irish’ units (such as the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry), infantry regiments that were designated as Irish but did not have large Irish numbers in the ranks (such as the 15th Maine Infantry) and infantry regiments that despite not been termed ‘Irish’ did have large Irish numbers in the ranks (such as the 42nd New York Infantry).
The 21 infantry regiments suffered a combined total of 4,808 fatalities during the American Civil War. Of these 2,277 were combat related, with a further 2,531 being due to other causes, such as illness or accident. The 69th New York of the Irish Brigade was the regiment that suffered the most fatalities, with 401 deaths. The 69th also suffered the most combat casualties, but it was the 30th Missouri that sustained the most deaths due to disease, with a staggering 280 deaths. The 9th Massachusetts and 88th New York were the most dangerous regiments to serve in as an officer, with both losing 18 officers during the conflict. Not all of the men represented by these figures were Irish, and as stated above the statistics are ultimately of somewhat limited use when studying the Irish experience of the conflict. However they do present an interesting ‘at a glance’ review of some of the more famous Irish units, and perhaps most starkly highlight the role of disease as the greatest killer of the American Civil War.
Organised
Regiment
Officers KIA/DoW
Enlisted KIA/DoW
Officers DoD/Other
Enlisted DoD/Other
Total Deaths
June
1861
9th Massachusetts
15
194
3
66
278
December
1861
28th Massachusetts
15
235
1
136
387
September 1861
9th Connecticut
0
10
3
240
253
June
1861
37th New York
5
69
1
37
112
August
1861
63rd New York
15
141
1
92
249
September
1861
69th New York
13
246
0
142
401
September
1861
88th New York
15
136
3
69
223
November
1862
155th New York
9
105
2
71
187
November
1862
164th New York
10
106
3
126
245
October
1862
170th New York
10
119
2
96
227
October
1862
175th New York
2
12
3
117
134
November 1862
182nd New York
8
65
0
53
126
August
1861
69th Pennsylvania
12
166
3
107
288
August
1862
116th Pennsylvania
8
137
1
88
234
June
1861
10th Ohio
3
86
2
77
168
October
1861
35th Indiana
5
82
0
164
251
June
1861
23rd Illinois
4
50
2
93
149
August
1862
90th Illinois
2
58
1
87
148
March
1862
17th Wisconsin
0
41
0
228
269
June
1861
7th Missouri
4
52
2
128
186
September
1862
30th Missouri
2
10
1
280
293
TOTAL
157
2120
34
2497
4808
*KIA (Killed in Action), DoW (Died of Wounds), DoD (Died of Disease).
References
Fox, William F. 1889. Regimental Losses in the American Civil War 1861-1865.
Filed under: Research, Resources Tagged: 300 Regiments, Civil War Dead, Fighting Regiments, Irish American Civil War, Irish Brigade, Irish Legion, Regimental Losses, William F. Fox
March 10, 2013
Medal of Honor: First Sergeant William Jones, 73rd New York Infantry
Some Medal of Honor citations are more detailed than others. That of Wicklow native William Jones is a case in point. It reads, simply, ‘Capture of the flag of the 65th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).’ His action took place at the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia on 12th May 1864, as he and men from his regiment fought over the ‘Bloody Angle’, in a brutal struggle which raged across an entire day. What William’s citation does not reveal is the Irishman’s fate- he was one of only a handful of Irish-born recipients who didn’t live to receive his Medal of Honor. (1)
The exact details of William’s actions on the 12th May remain unclear, beyond the fact that he captured a Confederate color. The fighting during the Overland Campaign of 1864 was so constant that there was no time for immediate after action reports. It was not until the autumn that regimental commanders found time to record their bloody advance through the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, the North Anna and Cold Harbor. The 73rd New York was at this time commanded by William’s fellow Irishman Lieutenant-Colonel Michael W. Burns. On 9th August 1864 he recounted the actions of his men the previous May, when they had been in the second wave of Union troops to take part in a massed assault against the vulnerable ‘Mule Shoe’ salient, the weak point on the Confederate’s Spotsylvania line:
‘…the regiment advanced through the belt of woods…and on arriving in the open field was ordered to proceed to the assistance of the first line, which was then engaged with the enemy. The regiment then moved rapidly forward over the first line of the enemy’s works (which had already been taken) up to and over the second line, under a heavy fire, capturing 150 prisoners, 2 stand of colors, and 2 pieces of artillery, one of which was turned and used against the enemy with great effect.’ (2)
The Union assault at Spotsylvania by Thure de Thulstrup (Library of Congress)
Savage fighting had seen the Army of the Potomac smash a huge hole in the Confederate defences, threatening to cut the Army of Northern Virginia in two. However, Robert E. Lee rushed reinforcements to close the breach, and waves of Rebels descended on the salient in an effort to recapture it:
‘The command succeeded in getting the prisoners, colors and guns to the rear, but being entirely unsupported, and the enemy concentrating his whole fire upon it, the works so gallantly won had to be abandoned, and the regiment fell back to the first line of rebel works captured. The loss of the regiment both in officers and men was heavy, especially the former…In this engagement the regiment suffered more severely than at any other period of the campaign.’ (3)
Among the men of the 73rd New York Infantry left dead on the field at the end of the day’s fighting was First Sergeant William Jones. William had been an old hand in the regiment, which formed part of the famed Excelsior Brigade. By 1864 he was a veteran volunteer; having originally enlisted as a 25-year-old on 25th May 1861, he had renewed his commitment to the war on 30th December 1863. The fact that he had risen to the rank of First Sergeant, re-enlisted beyond his original term of service and placed himself in harm’s way to capture an enemy flag speaks volumes for his dedication to his duty. Unfortunately it was not just the 73rd and the Excelsior Brigade that would feel the Irishman’s loss in the months and years to come. (4)
The 9th November 1857 had undoubtedly been a happy occasion for William Jones. It had been the day that the Irish stevedore had married his Irish sweetheart Margaret Carney, with the ceremony taking place at St. James Catholic Church in New York. The couple celebrated the birth of a daughter, Susanna (known as Susan) on 21st August 1860. The American Civil War intervened to disrupt the young family’s lives, but William did manage to return to their home on Dean Street, Brooklyn at least once on leave while the conflict raged. It was during such a furlough in 1863 that Margaret became pregnant once more. (5)
The couple’s second child, William Jones junior, was born on 17th April 1864. There is a good chance that his father was informed of his birth before the Army of the Potomac began their campaign by crossing the Rapidan River on 4th May. Tragically, the baby was not yet a month old when his father died at Spotsylvania. One can scarcely imagine Margaret’s feelings when she learned of her husband’s death, and with a daughter under four and a newly born son the future appeared bleak. Although the Medal of Honor issued to her husband on 1st December 1864 must have been a moment of great pride, her immediate priorities lay with securing a pension for herself and her children. (6)
Monument of the 73rd New York Infantry at Gettysburg, erected in 1897. (Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg)
Unfortunately it would appear that the worst was not over for Margaret. When she applied for a supplement to her pension in 1866, she did so on the basis that she was supporting a child of under 16 years of age. That child was her daughter Susan- no mention of William junior was made. It seems likely that the boy did not long survive his father, heaping still further tragedy on the Jones family. (7)
The 1860s were not kind to Margaret Jones and her daughter Susan. The war years had taken from them a husband and son, father and brother. Susan would never marry, and as the deacdes passed mother and daughter remained together, their fortunes tied. They emerge on the 1880 census, when 19-year-old Susan was working as a bookfolder to supplement their pension income. Mother and daughter were still together in 1908, living on Butler Street in Brooklyn. It was in that year Margaret became gravely ill. Susan turned to nursing her mother full-time, a task in which she was assisted by Sister Radegonde, a member of the Order of the Infant Jesus, who were French nursing sisters for the sick poor. Despite Susan’s best efforts Margaret died of bronchitis and oedema on 29th October 1908. Susan successfully claimed some of her mother’s widows pension to cover medical expenses. (8)
As the 20th century continued, Susan continued life alone, the last of the Jones family. It is not known if she ever visited the graveside of her father, whom she must have barely remembered. Fortunately unlike so many others his body had been identified on the Spotsylvania battlefield, and he rests today in Fredericksburg National Cemetery. Forty-four years after his death, the pension that his service had provided for his family ensured that his wife’s grave in Holy Cross Cemetery would also be marked; their daughter Susan was able to use the last of the monies William’s sacrifice had secured to erect a granite headstone at Margaret’s grave in New York. (9)
(1) Lang et al. 1995: 116; Proft 2002: 906; (2) Official Records: 505; (3) Ibid; (4) A.G. Report 1893: 1018; (5) Widows Pension; (6) Widows Pension, Proft 2002: 906; (7) Widows Pension; (8) 1880 Federal Census, Widows Pension; (9) Widows Pension;
References & Further Reading
Lang, G., Collins, R.L., White, G.F. 1995. Medal of Honor Recipients 1863-1995 Volume 1.
New York A.G. 1893. Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York for the Year 1893.
Official Records Series 1, Volume 36, Part 1. 505. Report of Lieut. Col. Michael W. Burns, Seventy-third New York Infantry.
Proft, R.J. (ed.), 2002. United States of America’s Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients and their Official Citations, Fourth Edition
Rhea, G. 1997. The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7-12, 1864.
First Sergeant William Jones Find A Grave Memorial
Civil War Trust Battle of Spotsylvania Page
Fredericksburg National Cemetery (Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park)
William Jones Widows Pension File WC56122
Filed under: Battle of Spotsylvania, Medal of Honor, Wicklow Tagged: 73rd New York, Battle of Spotsylvania, Bloody Angle, Excelsior Brigade, Irish American Civil War, Medal of Honor, Overland Campaign, Widows Pension
March 6, 2013
A Podcast on the Irish in the American Civil War
The Irish in the American Civil War featured on RTE Radio One on Sunday last. The programme began with a piece on the Irish American Civil War Trail with which I am involved, and continued with a discussion between presenter Myles Dungan and myself on the trail and some of the stories covered in my book. If you are interested in listening to the programme it has been podcast; the American Civil War discussion begins at six minutes five seconds and can be heard here.
Filed under: Media, Update Tagged: Damian Shiels, History Press Ireland, Irish American Civil War, Irish American Civil War Trail, James Doherty, Myles Dungan, RTE Radio One, The History Show
March 4, 2013
The Launch of ‘The Irish in the American Civil War’
The launch of my new book, The Irish in the American Civil War, took place on Saturday 23rd February last in the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin. I was very keen to have the launch at that venue, as it is where I spent four years as one of the curators working on the Soldiers & Chiefs military exhibition. As the name implies, the site is also a former British Army and later Irish Army barracks (and indeed a building known to British army veterans such as Patrick Ronayne Cleburne). There was a fabulous turnout, and I would like to thank the National Museum and my publishers The History Press Ireland for making it such a great occasion. I was particularly humbled by the presence of MSG George B. Sands, Operations Coordinator at the Defense Attaché Office who represented the United States Embassy at the launch. Special thanks must go to my former colleague on Soldiers & Chiefs Siobhan Pierce who did a wonderful job as MC, and especially author and broadcaster Myles Dungan, who did a wonderful job of launching the book. Here a few photos of the day out- thanks to everyone who attended and those who sent on their good wishes for the day!
The National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks, Dublin
The book ready for distribution to the assembled masses!
My former colleague Siobhan Pierce, currently Head of Education at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St., who did a super job as MC (and said some very nice things about our time working together!)
Author and broadcaster Myles Dungan, who has himself done fantastic work in highlighting the Irish role in the United States, officially launches the book
Yours truly chatting with MSG Sands from the United States Embassy; I was deeply honoured that he was able to attend
I take the rare opportunity of having a virtually captive audience to blather on about the Irish in the American Civil War to…
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