Theodore O’Hara. Son of Kean O’Hara, who migrated from Ireland after the American Revolution concluded. Despite serving under Braxton Bragg (or perhaps because of that service) managed to write “Bivouac of the Dead,” a poem that features at most U.S. Military Cemeteries.
I have to go with a pair, John Buford’s one-two punch, Thomas Devlin the son of Irish Immigrants and William Gamble who immigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1838.
My favorite Irishman is John Logan Power, who served as adjutant of the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery. In 1864 Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus appointed Major Power to the position of “Superintendent of Army Records.” The job that Power took on was daunting: he had to collect the names of all Mississippians serving in the Confederate military, with the personal and military status of each. He also had to contact the commander of each company and obtain statements as to all monies due deceased soldiers and help the families of those men file the proper paperwork to obtain the funds due them. Power’s work as superintendent of army records actually continued after the war ended. In 1866 the Mississippi legislature passed an act instructing Power to determine the number of Mississippi veterans requiring artificial limbs. Upon completion of this task Power reported to the legislature that thirty-six counties answered his request for information, listing 188 soldiers in need of artificial limbs. Power also speculated that the total number of veterans in the state needing artificial limbs was in excess of 300. Although he went on to bigger and better things (including being elected Mississippi’s Secretary of State twice) he never gave up on documenting the service of the state’s Civil War soldiers. Using documentation he had compiled as superintendent of army records, Power drew up the following estimate of Mississippi’s military losses during the Civil War:
78,000 Mississippians Served in the Confederate Army
Having been raised by a Texan, I’ve got to add Richard W. Dowling to this list. Many of my summer breaks were spent in the Texas humidity, so many times I opted to sit inside where it was air conditioned and read whatever I could find — one discovery was Maj. Dowling.
Patrick O’Rorke
Theodore O’Hara. Son of Kean O’Hara, who migrated from Ireland after the American Revolution concluded. Despite serving under Braxton Bragg (or perhaps because of that service) managed to write “Bivouac of the Dead,” a poem that features at most U.S. Military Cemeteries.
I have to go with a pair, John Buford’s one-two punch, Thomas Devlin the son of Irish Immigrants and William Gamble who immigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1838.
My favorite Irishman is John Logan Power, who served as adjutant of the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery. In 1864 Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus appointed Major Power to the position of “Superintendent of Army Records.” The job that Power took on was daunting: he had to collect the names of all Mississippians serving in the Confederate military, with the personal and military status of each. He also had to contact the commander of each company and obtain statements as to all monies due deceased soldiers and help the families of those men file the proper paperwork to obtain the funds due them. Power’s work as superintendent of army records actually continued after the war ended. In 1866 the Mississippi legislature passed an act instructing Power to determine the number of Mississippi veterans requiring artificial limbs. Upon completion of this task Power reported to the legislature that thirty-six counties answered his request for information, listing 188 soldiers in need of artificial limbs. Power also speculated that the total number of veterans in the state needing artificial limbs was in excess of 300. Although he went on to bigger and better things (including being elected Mississippi’s Secretary of State twice) he never gave up on documenting the service of the state’s Civil War soldiers. Using documentation he had compiled as superintendent of army records, Power drew up the following estimate of Mississippi’s military losses during the Civil War:
78,000 Mississippians Served in the Confederate Army
17,500 died of disease
15,000 were killed or mortally wounded
250 were missing in action
Having been raised by a Texan, I’ve got to add Richard W. Dowling to this list. Many of my summer breaks were spent in the Texas humidity, so many times I opted to sit inside where it was air conditioned and read whatever I could find — one discovery was Maj. Dowling.
Thomas Francis Meagher
Patrick R. Cleburne
Father William Corby — chaplain of the 88th New York (Irish Brigade) and twice President of Notre Dame … his statue is on Hancock Ave in Gettysburg.
Lt. Edward P. Doherty, who led the posse that captured John Wilkes Booth.