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Edenderry’s Michael Malone Served In The 15th Kentucky Infantry Reg’ During The US Civil War. “The Orphans Regiment”
Born In Edenderry, Co. Offaly Michael Malone served in the 15th Kentucky Regiment. Struck by a cannon ball during The Battle of Perryville he died on the 8th October 1862.
Sergeant Patrick Cooke, Born In Durrow, Co. Offaly. US Civil War Soldier In the 16th Kentucky Infantry.
Sergeant Patrick Cooke, born in 1831 in Ireland, served in the 16th Kentucky Infantry during the Civil War. He participated in key battles, including Franklin and Nashville. Cooke witnessed the surrender of General Johnson at Bennett Place in April 1865, marking the war’s end. He later farmed with his family in Kentucky until his death in 1904.
Confederate Soldier Patrick Guilfoyle From Moneygall – A Louisiana Plantation Owner
Patrick Guilfoyle, an Irish immigrant, settled in Louisiana after escaping famine. He was a Confederate soldier in Moody’s Madison Light Artillery during the Civil War but suffered personal losses, including his health and children. By the war’s end, he faced economic ruin. His legacy continues through surviving family members in Madison Parish.
A Strange Death -William Hume From Birr
William Hume and his brother John emigrated from Birr, Ireland, to the US in 1852. John became a newspaper editor and political figure before his early death in 1881. William served in the Union Army, contracted typhoid fever, and died by jumping from a hospital window in 1862, leaving behind a family marked by tragedy.