Born In Kinnitty, County Offaly in 1824 – Union Soldier Matthew Kennedy Was Captured At The Battle of Peebles Farm And Later Imprisoned At Salisbury POW Camp
Matthew Kennedy, an Irish-born Union soldier, enlisted in August 1864 and faced combat within a month. Captured during the Battle of Peebles Farm, he was imprisoned at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he succumbed to disease by January 1865.