Civil War Veteran - Enlisted on January 1, 1864, age 37, and mustered on January 1, 1864, into Company H, 5th New Hampshire Infantry (Union).
Regiment on duty at Draft Rendezvous, Concord, N. H., till November 1863. Moved to Point Lookout, Md., November 8-13, 1863, and duty there guarding prisoners till May 27, 1864. Moved to Cold Harbor, Va., May 27-June 1, and joined the Army of the Potomac.
Battles, Skirmishes, and Engagements: Cold Harbor June 1-12; Before Petersburg, Va., June 16-19.
Died of Disease on November 9, 1864, at Grant General Hospital, Willetts Point, New York.
Widow Pension filed on September 1, 1866 (Application No. 132,931 and Certificate No. 151,900).
Source: Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Roll of Honor, 1861-1865.
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Patrick McCarthy was my ancestral uncle.
His name is misspelled on his gravestone.
I was the first family member to see his grave on 4.30.2016.
Civil War Veteran - Enlisted on January 1, 1864, age 37, and mustered on January 1, 1864, into Company H, 5th New Hampshire Infantry (Union).
Regiment on duty at Draft Rendezvous, Concord, N. H., till November 1863. Moved to Point Lookout, Md., November 8-13, 1863, and duty there guarding prisoners till May 27, 1864. Moved to Cold Harbor, Va., May 27-June 1, and joined the Army of the Potomac.
Battles, Skirmishes, and Engagements: Cold Harbor June 1-12; Before Petersburg, Va., June 16-19.
Died of Disease on November 9, 1864, at Grant General Hospital, Willetts Point, New York.
Widow Pension filed on September 1, 1866 (Application No. 132,931 and Certificate No. 151,900).
Source: Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Roll of Honor, 1861-1865.
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Patrick McCarthy was my ancestral uncle.
His name is misspelled on his gravestone.
I was the first family member to see his grave on 4.30.2016.
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PATRICK McCARTY
N. H.
[note: name is misspelled,
it's McCarthy]
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