Re: I have a marker but no service details
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Re: I have a marker but no service details
Dorothy Seadler 3/10/11
Wow - thanks for the replies 'ladies' and I thought that War was a geeky man thing?
As I said in my post I'd seen the 4 listed (in the 1901 Adjutant-General's Annual Report of the Registers) - they are as follows:
O'NEILL, PATRICK.—Age, 22 years. Enlisted, September 16,
1861, at New York city, to serve three years; mustered in as
corporal, Oo. C, September 30, 1861; promoted sergeant and
returned to ranks, no date; transferred to Co. B, June 12,
1863; deserted, June 20, 1863, at Thoroughfare Gap, Ya.;
also bome as O'Neal and O'Neil.
O'NEILL, PATRICK.— Age, 39 years. Enlisted at New York
city, to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. F, December 1, 1863; discharged for disability, January 16, 1865, at General Hospital, West Philadelphia, Pa.
O'NEIL, PATRICK.— Age, 21 years. Enlisted at New York
city, to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. P, October 16, 1861; captured, March 29, 1862, at Rappahannock, Va.; mustered out with detachment, May 24, 1862, at Washington,D.O.j also borne as O'Neal and O'Neill.
O'NEIL, PATRICK—Age, 35 years. Enlisted at Tompkinsville,
to serve one year, and mustered in as private, Co. A,
October 3, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March
19, 1865; died of disease, June 27, 1865, at West Philadelphia, Pa.; also borne as O'Neill.
So as my Patrick would have been 17 in 1861 I ruled out the two aged 35 and 39 especially as one died. As for the other two aged 21 and 22 - one was captured and mustered out in 1862 so could he have later served under General Thomas and the Army of the Cumberland? I doubt it is the deserter - it might explain why Patrick does not appear on any Veteran's schedule or pension application but his obituary says "he enlisted at the beginning of the conflict and served through to the end" - plus would he get a Veteran's marker?
I don't have the obituary with me at the moment (I'm in work) but I seem to recall it mentioning the Battle for Nashville (1864/5?). I know when I chcked this out a while back I found (I think) only two NY regiments in Thomas' army none of which were the 69th. Indeed the 69th's regimental history doesn't appear to put them anywhere near Nashville.
However I do know the obituary is wrong - it talks about two other brothers perishing - only one did. I'm pretty sure it was composed in 1918 by his brother Michael who would have been 10 when the conflict started - maybe he got his wires mixed up? And I know from experience that even today newspapers make plenty of errors with obituaries - spellings, dates, details, etc.
Anyhow I feel tantalisingly close on this one - I already knew Patrick was buried at Saint Vincent's, I had his birth and death dates, obit, reference to a pamphlet and it was only earlier this week that I got information from (I think Akron Public Library) about the Veteran's marker - but alas - there's no mention of branch of service that would narrow down a request to NARA - typical! I've gone through everything at Ancestry and Footnote and obviously I don't have enough to narrow it down on the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors databse.
If anyone has "easy" access to any records and wants to check anything that might help me narrow it down then to help:-
Patrick F. O'Neil
Born Ireland 28 Jan 1844
Died Akron 17 Jun 1918
Lived 84 Madison Street or 113 East 12th Street NYC (address if given on enlistment)
Probable occupation Clerk
One last thing - in his brother John's pension files there is a letter he wrote to Patrick and his brothers which is addressed to 84 Madison Street and is dated 12th May 1862 - this must put Patrick in NYC at this date which must help ruling out all of the 69th possibilities?
Michael, Liverpool, UK
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