In writing the record of this intrepid soldier, hardy pioneer and vigilant miner one scarcely knows whether to give precedence to his deeds of valor in war, or the achievements of his industry in peace. He was born on March 11, 1836, in St. Lawrence county, N.Y., the fourth of nine children of Thomas and Catherine (Curran) Hickey, natives of Ireland, who sought the freedom and enlarged opportunities of the United States early in life. The father, an industrious and frugal farmer, made his way in the world by his own energies without the aid of luck or adventitious circumstances and the mother was a daughter of Michael Curran, a name famous in Irish history. She met the requirements of her domestic life with proper spirit of diligence, economy and thrift and with an exalted ideal in the training of her children.
Michael A. Hickey attended the public schools during his childhood and youth, and attained manhood's estate like many other farmer lads who were accustomed to hard work and strict economy. Captivated by the ardor of the war fever all around him and burning to wear a uniform, hear drums and see a battle, he enlisted on September 15, 1861, in Company K, Sixtieth New York Infantry, and was active service throughout the war, and engaged in many of its most sanguinary battles, among them Second Bull's Run, Fredricksburg, Chancellorville, Catlett Station, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Hatcher's Run, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and the various engagements of Sherman in his march to the sea. He mustered out of service at Washington D.C., in July 1865, with an honorable discharge. He was wounded four times, but none of the wounds was particularly serious, He carried one bullet, however, for more than thirty years, and then when shaving one morning in 1898 he discovered it at the top of his left shoulder, whereupon he cut it out with his razor.
After the war he returned home and shortly after started West for Montana, his future home. He came by rail to Leavenworth, Kan., and in April, 1866 took an emigrant train of ox wagons across the plains. The party had considerable trouble with hostile Indians and several of their men were killed before they arrived at Virginia City on September 15, 1866. Mr. Hickey stayed a short time at Alder gulch, and then located in Butte, where he has since been engaged in mining. He discovered and located a number of valuable mines, and he and his brother, Edward Hickey, were the locators of the Anaconda, Mountain View and St. Lawrence mines, also of great importance. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, is a Democrat in politics and a Roman Catholic in religion.
Source: Progressive Men of the State of Montana; Publisher, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, ca 1902
Michael A. Hickey attended the public schools during his childhood and youth, and attained manhood's estate like many other farmer lads who were accustomed to hard work and strict economy. Captivated by the ardor of the war fever all around him and burning to wear a uniform, hear drums and see a battle, he enlisted on September 15, 1861, in Company K, Sixtieth New York Infantry, and was active service throughout the war, and engaged in many of its most sanguinary battles, among them Second Bull's Run, Fredricksburg, Chancellorville, Catlett Station, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Hatcher's Run, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and the various engagements of Sherman in his march to the sea. He mustered out of service at Washington D.C., in July 1865, with an honorable discharge. He was wounded four times, but none of the wounds was particularly serious, He carried one bullet, however, for more than thirty years, and then when shaving one morning in 1898 he discovered it at the top of his left shoulder, whereupon he cut it out with his razor.
After the war he returned home and shortly after started West for Montana, his future home. He came by rail to Leavenworth, Kan., and in April, 1866 took an emigrant train of ox wagons across the plains. The party had considerable trouble with hostile Indians and several of their men were killed before they arrived at Virginia City on September 15, 1866. Mr. Hickey stayed a short time at Alder gulch, and then located in Butte, where he has since been engaged in mining. He discovered and located a number of valuable mines, and he and his brother, Edward Hickey, were the locators of the Anaconda, Mountain View and St. Lawrence mines, also of great importance. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, is a Democrat in politics and a Roman Catholic in religion.
Source: Progressive Men of the State of Montana; Publisher, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, ca 1902
In writing the record of this intrepid soldier, hardy pioneer and vigilant miner one scarcely knows whether to give precedence to his deeds of valor in war, or the achievements of his industry in peace. He was born on March 11, 1836, in St. Lawrence county, N.Y., the fourth of nine children of Thomas and Catherine (Curran) Hickey, natives of Ireland, who sought the freedom and enlarged opportunities of the United States early in life. The father, an industrious and frugal farmer, made his way in the world by his own energies without the aid of luck or adventitious circumstances and the mother was a daughter of Michael Curran, a name famous in Irish history. She met the requirements of her domestic life with proper spirit of diligence, economy and thrift and with an exalted ideal in the training of her children.
Michael A. Hickey attended the public schools during his childhood and youth, and attained manhood's estate like many other farmer lads who were accustomed to hard work and strict economy. Captivated by the ardor of the war fever all around him and burning to wear a uniform, hear drums and see a battle, he enlisted on September 15, 1861, in Company K, Sixtieth New York Infantry, and was active service throughout the war, and engaged in many of its most sanguinary battles, among them Second Bull's Run, Fredricksburg, Chancellorville, Catlett Station, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Hatcher's Run, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and the various engagements of Sherman in his march to the sea. He mustered out of service at Washington D.C., in July 1865, with an honorable discharge. He was wounded four times, but none of the wounds was particularly serious, He carried one bullet, however, for more than thirty years, and then when shaving one morning in 1898 he discovered it at the top of his left shoulder, whereupon he cut it out with his razor.
After the war he returned home and shortly after started West for Montana, his future home. He came by rail to Leavenworth, Kan., and in April, 1866 took an emigrant train of ox wagons across the plains. The party had considerable trouble with hostile Indians and several of their men were killed before they arrived at Virginia City on September 15, 1866. Mr. Hickey stayed a short time at Alder gulch, and then located in Butte, where he has since been engaged in mining. He discovered and located a number of valuable mines, and he and his brother, Edward Hickey, were the locators of the Anaconda, Mountain View and St. Lawrence mines, also of great importance. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, is a Democrat in politics and a Roman Catholic in religion.
Source: Progressive Men of the State of Montana; Publisher, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, ca 1902
Michael A. Hickey attended the public schools during his childhood and youth, and attained manhood's estate like many other farmer lads who were accustomed to hard work and strict economy. Captivated by the ardor of the war fever all around him and burning to wear a uniform, hear drums and see a battle, he enlisted on September 15, 1861, in Company K, Sixtieth New York Infantry, and was active service throughout the war, and engaged in many of its most sanguinary battles, among them Second Bull's Run, Fredricksburg, Chancellorville, Catlett Station, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Hatcher's Run, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and the various engagements of Sherman in his march to the sea. He mustered out of service at Washington D.C., in July 1865, with an honorable discharge. He was wounded four times, but none of the wounds was particularly serious, He carried one bullet, however, for more than thirty years, and then when shaving one morning in 1898 he discovered it at the top of his left shoulder, whereupon he cut it out with his razor.
After the war he returned home and shortly after started West for Montana, his future home. He came by rail to Leavenworth, Kan., and in April, 1866 took an emigrant train of ox wagons across the plains. The party had considerable trouble with hostile Indians and several of their men were killed before they arrived at Virginia City on September 15, 1866. Mr. Hickey stayed a short time at Alder gulch, and then located in Butte, where he has since been engaged in mining. He discovered and located a number of valuable mines, and he and his brother, Edward Hickey, were the locators of the Anaconda, Mountain View and St. Lawrence mines, also of great importance. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, is a Democrat in politics and a Roman Catholic in religion.
Source: Progressive Men of the State of Montana; Publisher, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, ca 1902
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