Daniel Wilson Duggan was born to a family of Tennessee pioneers. His grandfather was an Ulster Scot, born on a ship traveling from Northern Ireland to the United States. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812. His family was in Sevier, TN by 1784.
Daniel's story is a sad one, though it is one of dedication to a cause in which he believed. Daniel, red-haired and blue-eyed, was one of four brothers to join the Union Army. Daniel and his East Tennessee family believed strongly they should remain loyal to the Union, as did a majority of East Tennesseans. Family relations of the Duggans even worked to help East Tennessee become a separate state (as West Virginia did).
Daniel was mustered in for a 3 year term in Nov of 1862. Records show at least three hospitalizations for sickness, including measles. He was mustered out just shy of three years of service in July of 1865.
Daniel returned home to his wife Sarah Jane Bird Duggan, and two small daughters, Dora and Nancy. Daniel died in 1868 . We do not know if the war contributed to his death at the young age of 29, but with so many records of his illness, that may have been the case.
Daniel's story is a sad one, though it is one of dedication to a cause in which he believed. Daniel, red-haired and blue-eyed, was one of four brothers to join the Union Army. Daniel and his East Tennessee family believed strongly they should remain loyal to the Union, as did a majority of East Tennesseans. Family relations of the Duggans even worked to help East Tennessee become a separate state (as West Virginia did).
Daniel was mustered in for a 3 year term in Nov of 1862. Records show at least three hospitalizations for sickness, including measles. He was mustered out just shy of three years of service in July of 1865.
Daniel returned home to his wife Sarah Jane Bird Duggan, and two small daughters, Dora and Nancy. Daniel died in 1868 . We do not know if the war contributed to his death at the young age of 29, but with so many records of his illness, that may have been the case.
Daniel Wilson Duggan was born to a family of Tennessee pioneers. His grandfather was an Ulster Scot, born on a ship traveling from Northern Ireland to the United States. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812. His family was in Sevier, TN by 1784.
Daniel's story is a sad one, though it is one of dedication to a cause in which he believed. Daniel, red-haired and blue-eyed, was one of four brothers to join the Union Army. Daniel and his East Tennessee family believed strongly they should remain loyal to the Union, as did a majority of East Tennesseans. Family relations of the Duggans even worked to help East Tennessee become a separate state (as West Virginia did).
Daniel was mustered in for a 3 year term in Nov of 1862. Records show at least three hospitalizations for sickness, including measles. He was mustered out just shy of three years of service in July of 1865.
Daniel returned home to his wife Sarah Jane Bird Duggan, and two small daughters, Dora and Nancy. Daniel died in 1868 . We do not know if the war contributed to his death at the young age of 29, but with so many records of his illness, that may have been the case.
Daniel's story is a sad one, though it is one of dedication to a cause in which he believed. Daniel, red-haired and blue-eyed, was one of four brothers to join the Union Army. Daniel and his East Tennessee family believed strongly they should remain loyal to the Union, as did a majority of East Tennesseans. Family relations of the Duggans even worked to help East Tennessee become a separate state (as West Virginia did).
Daniel was mustered in for a 3 year term in Nov of 1862. Records show at least three hospitalizations for sickness, including measles. He was mustered out just shy of three years of service in July of 1865.
Daniel returned home to his wife Sarah Jane Bird Duggan, and two small daughters, Dora and Nancy. Daniel died in 1868 . We do not know if the war contributed to his death at the young age of 29, but with so many records of his illness, that may have been the case.
Inscription
D. W. Duggan
CO. M
2nd TENN CAV
Gravesite Details
"Old" Duggan cemetery, Jones Cove Road, Sevier, TN, 3 miles from original "Duggan Homeplace", near Cedar Bluff Methodist Church.
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