Civil War Soldier
JOHN Cleary
Offaly: Birr
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Army: Union
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Born: 1840
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Died: 1862
Soldier No. 36
96 Pennsylvania
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Town: 12 · Regiment: 1 · State: 12 · Town+Reg: 0
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This record places JOHN Cleary from Birr in Union service.
Recorded battle/event: Died as a result of wounds received at South Mountain, Sept 1862
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- Soldier Number
- 36
- Surname
- Cleary
- First Name
- JOHN
- Alternative Name / Alias
- Clary, John
- Soldier No. Of Relation
- Brother: 35
- Offaly Town / Area
- Birr
- Army
- Union
- Rank
- Private
- Company
- Co. H
- Regiment Number
- 96
- US State Regiment
- Pennsylvania
- Type Reg.
- Infantry
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- Mother
- Sullivan (Dent), Margaret
- Father
- Cleary, Michael
- Siblings
- Cleary, Michael
- Family Connections / Other Relationship
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Birth Year
- 1840
- Baptism Record
- Unknown / not yet recorded
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- Civil War Death Y/N
- Y
- Battle Or Other Civil War Related Death
- Died as a result of wounds received at South Mountain, Sept 1862
- Death Year
- 1862
- Place of Death
- Burkittsville, Maryland on 12th October 1862
- State / Country Of Burial
- Pennsylvania, USA
- Grave Site (link)
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185071748/john_cleary
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- Service: Union – 96 Pennsylvania Infantry – Co. H
- Civil War Event: Died as a result of wounds received at South Mountain, Sept 1862
- Death & Aftermath: Death year: 1862 • Civil War death: Y • Place: Burkittsville, Maryland on 12th October 1862 • Burial location: Pennsylvania, USA
- Burial / Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185071748/john_cleary
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Brother
- MICHAEL Cleary — Soldier No. 35 | Birr | 7 Pennsylvania Cavalry | Union | d. 1893
From the same Offaly town / area
- JOHN P Birmingham — Soldier No. 221 | Birr | N/A On Draft Register N/A | Union | d. 1914
- MICHAEL Briscoe — Soldier No. 38 | Birr | 132 New York Infantry | Union | d. 1864
- THOMAS Cassidy — Soldier No. 37 | Birr | 80 New York Infantry | Union | d. 1889
- PATRICK Clark — Soldier No. 39 | Birr | 4 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- EDWARD Clarkson — Soldier No. 304 | Birr | 5 Regular Army Infantry | Union | d. 1862
- MICHAEL Cleary — Soldier No. 35 | Birr | 7 Pennsylvania Cavalry | Union | d. 1893
- MICHAEL Clerihan — Soldier No. 261 | Birr | 10 Illinois Infantry | Union | d. 1908
- JAMES Clerihan — Soldier No. 262 | Birr | 6 Illinois Cavalry | Union | d. 1913
- JOHN Connor — Soldier No. 27 | Birr | 33 New York Infantry | Union | d. 1861
- JAMES Conway — Soldier No. 31 | Birr | 90 Illinois Infantry | Union | d. 1863
- DANIEL Corcoran — Soldier No. 29 | Birr | 90 Illinois Infantry | Union | d. 1870
- JOHN Corcoran — Soldier No. 32 | Birr | 147 Illinois Infantry | Union | d. 1904
Same surname (possible family group)
- MICHAEL Cleary — Soldier No. 35 | Birr | 7 Pennsylvania Cavalry | Union | d. 1893
- WILLIAM Cleary — Soldier No. 194 | Killeigh | 18 Wisconsin Infantry | Union | d. 1918
- EDWARD Cleary — Soldier No. 195 | Killeigh | 185 Ohio Infantry | Union | d. 1924
- JAMES Cleary — Soldier No. 257 | Unknown Within Offaly | Regular Army General | Union
Served in the same regiment
- WILLIAM Cooper — Soldier No. 122 | Kinnitty | 96 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1891
Served in regiments from the same US state
- WILLIAM Cowell Bayley — Soldier No. 153 | Tullamore | 25 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1889
- MICHAEL Cleary — Soldier No. 35 | Birr | 7 Pennsylvania Cavalry | Union | d. 1893
- JOSEPH Cooney — Soldier No. 276 | Rhode | 114 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1899
- WILLIAM Cooper — Soldier No. 122 | Kinnitty | 96 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1891
- THOMAS Coyne — Soldier No. 282 | Unknown Within Offaly | 9 Pennsylvania Cavalry | Union | d. 1898
- JOHN H Cully — Soldier No. 83 | Edenderry | 140 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1909
- MICHAEL Flanagan — Soldier No. 91 | Edenderry | 23 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union
- PETER Guinan — Soldier No. 13 | Birr | 116 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union
- CAREY Heaton — Soldier No. 100 | Ferbane | 48 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union
- PATRICK Hoary — Soldier No. 30 | Birr | 202 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union
- JOHN Kemple — Soldier No. 402 | Birr | 81 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union
- PETER Maguire — Soldier No. 416 | Unknown Within Offaly | 199 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union
Served in the same army
- NICHOLAS Allen — Soldier No. 138 | Rhode | 10 Maine Infantry | Union
- ISAAC Ardill — Soldier No. 139 | Seir Kieran | 2 New Jersey Infantry | Union | d. 1862
- CHRISTOPHER Armstrong — Soldier No. 207 | Unknown Within Offaly | Regular Army Ordnance | Union
- JOHN W Baker — Soldier No. 90 | Edenderry | 15 New York Engineers | Union | d. 1920
- JOHN Barrett — Soldier No. 157 | Tullamore | 6 Indiana Infantry | Union | d. 1888
- JAMES Barrett — Soldier No. 154 | Tullamore | 35 Indiana Infantry | Union | d. 1894
- JAMES Barry — Soldier No. 217 | Unknown Within Offaly | 3 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- WILLIAM Cowell Bayley — Soldier No. 153 | Tullamore | 25 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1889
- MICHAEL Beggs — Soldier No. 218 | Unknown Within Offaly | 8 New Hampshire Infantry | Union | d. 1896
- WILLIAM Belton — Soldier No. 219 | Unknown Within Offaly | 3 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- COL Michael Bennett — Soldier No. 92 | Edenderry | 28 New York Infantry | Union | d. 1909
- THOMAS Bergin — Soldier No. 220 | Unknown Within Offaly | 2 Regular Army Artillery | Union
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