Moved with family to St. Lucia, back to Ireland and eventually on to the United States. Admitted to New York bar in Appointed Brigadier-General of volunteers 7th August Served in occupation forces at Fort Monroe on the Virginia Peninsula. Appointment expired on 4th March as it was not ratified by Senate.
Appointed judge of the U. District Court for Alabama in Cork on 16th March Served as a Corporal in the British 41st Regiment of Foot. Emigrated to the United States in Commanded a brigade at the Battles of Shiloh and Perryville. Promoted to Major-General on 13th December , the highest rank achieved by an Irishman on either side during the war.
He received a vote of thanks from the Confederate Congress for his actions in halting the Federal advance at Ringgold Gap after the debacle of Chattanooga, thus saving the rear of the Army of Tennessee. Although he occasionally acted up to the position of Corps Commander he was never promoted to this rank, principally as a result of his proposal to enlist slaves into Confederate armies in return for their freedom.
He was killed at the head of his division during the assault on Federal breastworks at Franklin, Tennessee on 30th November Born in Co. Kerry on 17th March Emigrated with his family to New York as a child.
Appointed Colonel of the 3rd California Infantry on 4th September His role was to keep the central mail road open to California, which principally involved actions against native tribes such as the Bannocks, Shoshones, Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho. Brevetted Major-General at the end of the war.
In late he defeated the Arapaho at Tongue River. Born in Carrowkeel, Co. Sligo on 21st September Was court-martialed but his trial had yet to take place at the outbreak of the war. Commanded the 69th at Bull Run Manassas where Corcoran was wounded and captured. Participated in the Suffolk campaign in southeast Virginia as a division commander in early Born in Clones, Co. Monaghan on 17th November Emigrated to the United States in his early twenties. A member of the Florida secession convention in Put in charge of military affairs for the state and on 5th April and was commissioned Brigadier-General.
Commanded the District of Middle and East Florida until after the of the Battle of Olustee, where he nominally commanded the Confederate troops. He was transferred to Virginia in May with a brigade of Florida troops where he took part in the Battle of Cold Harbor. He remained with the Army of Northern Virginia until 20th March when he returned to duty in Florida. Died at Rutledge, Florida on 29th October Born in Duross, Co.
James McPherson. He earned a large number of demerits, especially in his final two years. Bronx Community College. Paroled and exchanged, July 13, It was written years after the campaign and is affected by hindsight, both of the results of the battle and of the postbellum criticism of the Lost Cause authors.
Tyrone on 1st January Emigrated to the United States around The regiment first saw action at Warrenton, Virginia where it remained until the commencement of the Peninsular Campaign. Gamble was wounded in the chest at Malvern Hill, rejoining his command at Fredericksburg.
He was commanding a brigade by 31st January At the battle of Gettysburg his old regiment fired the first shot of the engagement. Relieved from duty with the Army of the Potomac in May and assigned as commander of the cavalry division in the Department of Washington. Brevetted Brigadier-General of volunteers from 14th December Honourably mustered out of service on 17th July Was mustered back into service and in July was appointed Major of the 8th Cavalry.
Buried in Virgin Grove Cemetery. Tyrone in Emigrated with his family to United States as a child. Served in the Mexican War. When the war commenced he became a Captain in a cavalry company from Mobile, Alabama. Commissioned a Major in a proposed regiment to be commanded by General Wirt Adams. Served during the war in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and the Carolinas, and for the majority of the last two years of the war commanded a cavalry brigade under General Wheeler. Was commissioned Brigadier-General in February Born in Kinnegad, Co.
Westmeath on 14th July Emigrated to the United States in his youth.
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Career soldier, was a First Lieutenant in the 4th U. Artillery at the outbreak of the Civil War. Served in the defence of Fort Pickens and the capture of Pensacola, Florida in Served with the X Corps in the Department of the South. Advanced to Brigadier-General of volunteers on 19th May In reverted to the rank of Captain in 4th Artillery. Buried in the National Cemetery at West Point. Westmeath in November Emigrated to the United States at age Was in reserve at Bull Run Manassas.
Promoted to Colonelcy of the th New York on 8th October Fought at Chancellorsville where he was wounded and taken prisoner, being exchanged in October of Was promoted to brigade command on 7th June , and to the rank of Brigadier-General of volunteers on 8th April backdated to the previous December. Buried in St. Born in Mount Bellew, Co. Galway on 26th October Emigrated to United States c. May have subsequently been appointed Major of the 6th Missouri but this is unclear. Was badly wounded at Port Gibson, Mississippi and left for dead but he successfully escaped.
Resigned as Surgeon of 6th Missouri on 24th May and was commissioned Brigadier-General of volunteers on 1st August Resigned due to poor health on 3rd February Cork, 18th February Emigrated to the United States with his family in Operated in Louisiana in and during the Red River Campaign in Severely wounded at the Battle of Mansfield.
Wrote and published post war memoirs. Died at Marshall, Texas on 28th January where he is buried. Kildare on 16th November Fought during Mexican War. Commanded the 18th Illinois Regiment which was mustered into service by then Captain U. Was court-martialled for his extreme disciplinary methods but was acquitted.
Was wounded on the assault on Fort Donelson. Promoted to rank of Brigadier-General in ranking from 29th November , commanded a brigade at Port Gibson during the Vicksburg Campaign. Captured over Confederates during an assault during the siege of Vicksburg. Served as a brigade and division commander in Louisiana and Texas for much of the remainder of the war, finally appointed to command the District of East Louisiana based at Baton Rouge.
Brevetted Major-General from 13th March Died at Equality, Illinois on 26th July Buried at Equality, Illinois. Born in Waterford, Ireland on 3rd August Banished to Tasmania in for activities with the Young Irelanders. Escaped to the United States in Organised a zouave company in which formed part of the 69th New York Militia. Was denied permission to recruit reinforcements for the brigade and submitted his resignation effective from 14th May His resignation was rejected and cancelled on 23rd December Again resigned on 15th April while stationed at Savannah.
Drowned subsequent to falling into the Missouri River from a steamboat on 1st July His body was never recovered. Born in Galway on the 22nd September Emigrated to Canada with his family in Moved to Richmond in Commissioned Colonel of the 1st Virginia Infantry at the outbreak of the war. Acted as a volunteer aide to Joseph E. Assigned to court-martial duty until when he was temporarily assigned to General Kemper to assist in the organisation of the reserve forces of Virginia. Promoted to Brigadier-General to rank from 20th September He was paroled at Manchester, Virginia on 30th April Died in Richmond, Virginia on 19th February Buried at Shockoe Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.
Tyrone on 10th May Served a senator for three states, and came close to fighting a duel with Abraham Lincoln.
Served in Mexican War. Commissioned Brigadier-General of volunteers on 19th August , fought Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley as a division commander. Resigned from the service on 28th March Died in Ottumwa, Iowa on 1st June while on a lecture tour. Buried at St. Born in Ballyhooley, Co. Cork on 25th December Formed a company of infantry in Delaware in which became part of the 24th Pennsylvania, a three-month regiment. Fought at the Battle of Antietam where the regiment lost almost one-third of its strength.
Continued service in the Army of the Potomac and was promoted Brigadier-General of volunteers on 1st October He was wounded by a Confederate sharpshooter at Farmville, Virginia on 7th April during the Appomattox Campaign and died two days later, the last Federal General killed during the American Civil War. He is buried at the Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington. Cork on the 25th December Served in the Mexican War, losing his right arm at the Battle of Churubusco. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the 2nd U.
Infantry, with which unit he served until the outbreak of the war in The incoming Lincoln administration and most of the Northern people refused to recognize the legitimacy of secession. They feared that it would discredit democracy and create a fatal precedent that would eventually fragment the no-longer United States into several small, squabbling countries.