1st Lieutenant Temple Emmett

Born: 1838

Died: 1862

Mr.William Aaron has graciously sent to us the handwritten journal of Temple Emmet (1837-1862) of the 88th NYSV during the American Civil War, describing events between April 21st, 1861 to the end of May, 1861.  Transcription of writing, along with scanned obituaries of Temple and his brother, Richard Riker, are included at the end of the book. It is available in PDF format. Click on the link below to open. 

Patrick Doonan

D.O.B: Oct., 1834

P.O.B: n/a

D.O.D.:Mar. 31, 1901

P.O.D.: n/a 

Enlisted September 18, 1861, at New York city, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Co. E, 88th New York State Volunteers September 27, 1861; returned to ranks, no date; wounded in action, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md.; discharged for wounds, March 18, 1863.

Burial: Holy Cross Cemetery Brooklyn, Kings County, New York,USA

Plots, Range 24, Grave 34

Obituary The Brooklyn Eagle
  On Sunday, March 31, 1901, PATRICK DOONAN, beloved husband of Mary Rogers.
Relative and friends are invited to attend the funeral from his late residence 478 Park Place,
on Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock: thence to St. Teresa's Church, where a solemn mass of requiem will be offered for the repose of his soul.

 Research by Michael J Doonan, Col, USAF(ret)

Patrick Nolan

D.O.B. n/a
P.O.B. n/a
D.O.D October 22nd 1864
P.O.D. Andersonville, Georgia

Enlisted at New York City, to serve Three years and mustered in as a Private, Company E
of the 88th New York State Volunteers , April 28th 1864: wounded in action at Petersburg
June 16th 1864.Captured and sent to Andersonville Prison in Macon County Georgia.

                       Buried at Andersonville National Cemetery
                                                       Plot 11356

  

George Ford

D.O.B.1840
P.O.B: Ireland
D.O.D:November 1883

Enrolled at New York City, to serve three years, and mustered in as Sergeant, Co. E, 88th New York State Volunteers September 18th 1861: promoted to Sergeant- Major , June 12th, 1863: re-enlisted as a veteran, December 30th 1863 mustered in as 1st lieutenant Co. E July 13th 1864;mustered out with company, June 30th 1865 at Alexandria Va.

At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865, Lieutenant Ford  captured a confederate Battle Flag. For his actions, on May 10th, 1865 he will be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor .

Buried at Calvary Cemetery Woodside Queens New York

Section 2-26/ Avenue T/ grave marker RP 52

William J. Welch (Walsh)

P.O.B. unknown
D.O.D. Oct 18, 1862

Enlisted at New York City, to serve three years and mustered in as a private, Company C, October 21, 1861Wounded in battle at Sharpsburg, Maryland Sept 17th.

 

Buried at Antietam National Cemetery

GN 275/RP 166

Pierre Teller

Enlisted at New York City, to serve 3 years and mustered in as a private, Co. K 88th NYSV November 8, 1861; wounded in action Sept. 17th 1862 at Sharpsburg, Md. Died of his wounds, Nov.9th 1862 in hospital, Frederick Md.

Buried at Antietam National Cemetery

GN 234/ RP 161

Any Information Will Be Most Thankfully Received by His Mother': Tracing Missing Irishmen in 1860s New York

Every week in the New York Irish-American a series of advertisements were run under the heading ‘Information Wanted.’ For $1 you could place a few carefully chosen lines in three issues of the paper, in the hope of finding a loved one. These ads were some of the most emotive and powerful records of the impact of conflict. In an age before mass media and the internet, many friends and families searched fruitlessly for years in an effort to restore contact with cousins, sons and brothers. Some were successful; others received the bad news they had been dreading.

INFORMATION WANTED Of John Callaghan, a native of Kilrush, Co. Clare, Ireland. He was a member of Co. G, 88th Regiment, Meagher’s Irish Brigade. Was taken prisoner at the Battle of Fredericksburg, and has not been heard of since. Any intelligence respecting him will be thankfully received by his brother, Patrick Callaghan, 602 Sixth Avenue, New York. (New York Irish-American, 29th August 1863)

John Callaghan had enlisted in the 88th New York on 25th August 1862 and appears to have been captured at Chancellorsville rather than Fredericksburg. he was paroled on 3rd June 1863 and would eventually rise to the rank of First Sergeant in Company E before mustering out at the war’s conclusion.

Research by damian shiels