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Pvt. Thomas Dougherty Veteran

Birth
Death
28 Feb 1863
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
Burial
Lost at War. Specifically: Final resting place currently unknown ... Being Researched ! Add to Map
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Thomas served as a Private, Company B, 5th Delaware Infantry during the Civil War.

He "Died Of Wounds" in the "Line Of Duty" at the Dupont Mill, Delaware in an explosion that took the life of 16 people during the war.

Four of them were 5th Delaware Infantry Soldiers that died as a result of this explosion (see below).

The explosion took place in what is called the packing mill. There were engaged at the mill at the time, some seventeen persons, and all of them with the exception of two, were killed at once. The coopers were the only branch of the operators at work, and it is thought that the explosion was caused by their work in packing powder in boxes, etc. There were at the time some fifteen or twenty tons of powder in the packing mill, which was of course entirely consumed, and everybody within the building at the time either killed or dreadfully wounded.

The Four 5th Delaware Infantry Soldiers that died:

Dehan, John P., Private, Company D
Dougherty, Thomas, Private, Company B
Fisher, Samuel, Jr., Private, Company D
McKenna, James ~ First Sergeant, Company B

( Bio & Listing by: Russ Pickett )
Thomas served as a Private, Company B, 5th Delaware Infantry during the Civil War.

He "Died Of Wounds" in the "Line Of Duty" at the Dupont Mill, Delaware in an explosion that took the life of 16 people during the war.

Four of them were 5th Delaware Infantry Soldiers that died as a result of this explosion (see below).

The explosion took place in what is called the packing mill. There were engaged at the mill at the time, some seventeen persons, and all of them with the exception of two, were killed at once. The coopers were the only branch of the operators at work, and it is thought that the explosion was caused by their work in packing powder in boxes, etc. There were at the time some fifteen or twenty tons of powder in the packing mill, which was of course entirely consumed, and everybody within the building at the time either killed or dreadfully wounded.

The Four 5th Delaware Infantry Soldiers that died:

Dehan, John P., Private, Company D
Dougherty, Thomas, Private, Company B
Fisher, Samuel, Jr., Private, Company D
McKenna, James ~ First Sergeant, Company B

( Bio & Listing by: Russ Pickett )

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