Blumberg, Dr. Baruch b. July 28, 1925 d. April 5, 2011 Nobel Prize-Winning Physician. He was honored in 1976 for his discovery of the virus which causes Hepatitis B. The child of an attorney, he attended a local Yeshiva prior to graduating from Far Rocakway High School. Blumberg joined the US Navy in 1943, served as a deck officer aboard landing craft, and in 1945 earned a degree in physics from Union College of Schenectady, New York; maintaining his interest in the sea after leaving the Navy in 1946 he worked as a merchant seaman and in later...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Antietam Meadows Farms Cemetery , Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Byron, Goodloe Edgar b. June 22, 1929 d. October 11, 1978 US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1971 until his death in 1978. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates from 1963 to 1966, and Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1967 to 1970. (Bio by: K) Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Duryee, Jacob Eugene b. March 7, 1839 d. May 25, 1918 Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. The son of Union Brigadier General Abram Duryee, he served at the start of the Civil War as a Private in the 7th New York State Miliitia. He then was commissioned as a Captain in his fathers regiment, the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry (known as the "Duryee Zouaves"). Finally, he was transferred to the 2nd Maryland (Union) Volunteer Infantry, and led it as its Lieutenant Colonel. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA Plot: Section 23, Row 3, Grave 4256
Irish Brigade Monument In four years of fighting in the American Civil War, the Irish Brigade lost over 4,000 men killed, wounded and missing. At the Battle of Antietam, the four regiments then comprising the brigade (63rd NY, 69th NY, 88th NY, 29th Mass) lost a total of 422 wounded and 113 killed. This monument was dedicated at the south end of Bloody Lane, Antietam Battlefield, in October of 1997. It commemorates the dead and wounded of that battle who fell scant yards away, as well memorializes Thomas Francis...[Read More] (Bio by: Albert Ledoux) Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA Plot: Bloody Lane
Meagher, Thomas Francis [memorial] b. August 3, 1823 d. July 1, 1867 Civil War Union Brigadier General. He is most famous for commanding the "Irish Brigade". General Meagher was born in Waterford, Ireland. He was active in the Irish Independence movement and had to come to America to escape British Authorities. During the Civil War, he organized the famous "Irish Brigade" from Irish immigrants in New York. The Irish Brigade took part in all of the major engagements in Virginia from The First Battle of Bull Run to Chancellorsville. In the futile charge during the...[Read More] Cause of death: drowned Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA Plot: Irish Brigade Monument at Bloody Land
b. July 28, 1925 d. April 5, 2011
