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Michael Finnegan

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Michael Finnegan Veteran

Birth
Ballymakenny, County Louth, Ireland
Death
3 Jun 1864 (aged 19)
Cold Harbor, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Burial
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Michael mustered at Ovid, New York as a Private in Company "B", 146th New York Infantry ("Corcoran's Irish Zouaves", the “5th Oneida Regiment”) on 19 November 1862. He was killed in action at the Battle of Cold Harbor. His age at death is stated as 19 in military records.

His remains were never identified; he may be buried as an "Unknown" at Cold Harbor National Cemetery. The flag of the 164th New York appears here.

He is a great-granduncle of President Joseph R. Biden.
Michael mustered at Ovid, New York as a Private in Company "B", 146th New York Infantry ("Corcoran's Irish Zouaves", the “5th Oneida Regiment”) on 19 November 1862. He was killed in action at the Battle of Cold Harbor. His age at death is stated as 19 in military records.

His remains were never identified; he may be buried as an "Unknown" at Cold Harbor National Cemetery. The flag of the 164th New York appears here.

He is a great-granduncle of President Joseph R. Biden.


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