Not exactly brother against brother
More like great-uncle against great-uncle. That's how I'd describe the U.S. Civil War (aka The War Between the States), at least how it pertains to my particular family.
For those of you who've read my recent book, Like the Cats of Kilkenny: A True Story of the Civil War, you know I had a great-uncle named Bob Morgan who was wounded in action during Pickett's famous charge at the Battle of Gettysburg as part of Company C, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment.
For those of you who haven't read the book, shame on you! You're really missing a good thing!
Anyway, today I received a packet via snail mail from the National Archives, containing the pension file on another great-uncle: John J. Irving. Turns out this fellow was also wounded in action at Gettysburg. But, he was serving for the other side, as part of Company G, 5th New Jersey Infantry Regiment!
Despite the conflicting loyalties, this is a very exciting discovery for me. Most of my maternal ancestors were recent arrivals to this country, and I had no evidence that any of my mother's relatives had served in "the late unpleasantness" until the arrival of this file.
Very exciting, indeed. At least to those of us infected with the genealogy bug.
Ok, enough gushing. Back to perusing this file . . .
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Here's a (fairly) complete roster of uncle John J. Irving's unit, Company G, 5th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry:
Thomas Almond, Charles Alvaid, William Armstrong, William Arnold, Matthew S. Austin, Noble Ayres;
Jacob Baier, Nicholas Baker, Thomas M. Barker, Robert Beecroft, John Bennett, Martin Bergen, Christopher Betts, Charles Booth, Samuel S. Bradway, John Buckley, Henry Burden;
Patrick Carroll, John Cox, Samuel H. Craig;
Dennis Donovan, James Danley, Luke Dempsey, Allen Dewar, Henry Dixon, Patrick Donahue, Charles M. Dougherty, Martin Doyle [who served as best man at his 1864 wedding to Ellen York of Jersey City], Charles Dubois, John Dunn;
James Eagan, William H. Elwood;
William Fairhurst, Joseph H. Farrell, Michael Feehan, Daniel Flanagan, James Flanagan, John M. Flanagan, Henry J. Fox, John H. Freeland;
John Gallagher, John Gamble, Louis Gossen, James Gibbon, John Graham, Andrew Grant, James Graves, Albanus Groscup;
James Hadley, Thomas Haggerty, Albert Halstead, Jesse Hand, Thomas Hanley, William Harrison, James W. Hartpence, Henry Heaney, John O. Heath, Michael Hervick, James Higgins, Leopold Hindenlang, John Hoey, Edward C. Hopper, Thomas R. Hunt;
JOHN J. IRVING [my great-uncle!]
Patrick Kane, John H. Keisle, Thomas Kelley, Smith Kitchen, Wilhelm Knoll;
Leopold Long, James Longshore, Daniel Luther;
Robert Mason, Patrick Maloney, Alexander Mann, George B. Marshall, George Mintzel, Alveis Merrew, Jeferson Mussleman, David Miller, Abraham Mills, Samuel A. Mills, John H. Moore, Anthony Moreen, Michael Moss, Gershom Mott, John Murphy, Matthew Murphy, Patrick Murphy, John Murray, James Murry;
Michael McCabe, John McCaron, Michael McCarthy, Thomas McCarthy, David McCarty, Peter McComb, James McConnell, John McConnell, Patrick McCormick, Peter McCourt, John McDougall, Robert McFarland, William McFarland, Edward McGee, Robert McGimpsey, Charles McGovern, Thomas McGrathy, Archibald McKaig, John McKenzie, John McMahan, Joseph McMulligan, David McManus, Jeremiah F. McSweeney;
William Niblo, William Norbury, Theodore F. Null;
Francis O'Brien, John O'Brien, Leonard O'Dell, Robert Overend;
William Palmer, James L. Parrott, Thomas Patton, William B. Perkins, John Perry, Ralph Philhower, Napoleon B. Post, Peter Post, Daniel S. Prinzing;
Francis J. Quinn, George Quinn, James Quinn;
Charles E. Ransford, Alexander Reed, Owen Reilly, Thomas Rider, Elwood Rinear, Philip Roach, John Rush;
Patrick Salmon, William Scannell, Jacob F. Seals, Charles Sheeran, James Sheeran, John K. Simons, James M. Sprague, David Stalter, Charles S. Stanton, Thomas Sweeney;
Enoch Taylor, John Taylor, Robert B. Taylor, Adam Thompson, James C. Thompson;
William H. VanHorn, Ferdinand VanFleet, George Vorhose;
Livsey Walsh, Theodore Weaver, John White, Simon P. Whitly, Samuel Williamson, William Williamson, Burton Wilson, Radcliffe Winterbottom;
Isaac J. Yeomans, Peter Young;
and James G. Zane.
A (somewhat) brief history of the 5th Regt, NJ Vols:
Org at Camp Olden, Trenton, NJ, mustered in August 22, 1861.
Left NJ for DC, August 29, 1861. Attached to Casey's Provisional Division, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1861.
3rd Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864.
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to November, 1864.
SERVICE:
Defences of Washington D.C., till March, 1862.
Expedition to Lower Maryland November 3-11, 1861. At Meridian Hill till December, and near Budd's Ferry, Md., till April, 1862. Seizure of Cockpit Point March 10.
Moved to the Virginia Peninsula April 5-8. Siege of Yorktown April 10-May 5. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines May 31-June 1. Duty near Seven Pines till June 25. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Action at Oak Grove, near Seven Pines, June 25. Savage Station June 29. Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison Landing till August 15.
Movement to Centreville August 15-26.
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 26-September 2. Action at Bristoe Station or Kettle Run August 27. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1.
Duty in the Defences of Washington, near Alexandria, till November 1.
Movement to Falmouth, Va., November 1-28. Duty at Falmouth November 28-December 11.
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap July 5-24. Wapping Heights, Manassas Gap. Va., July 23.
Duty near Warrenton till October.
Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. McLean's Ford October 15.
Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7.
Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27.
Duty near Brandy Station till May, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 5-7.
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road, May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Ox Ford May 23-24. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12.
Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16 to November 6, 1864. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. In trenches before Petersburg till July 12. In Reserve Camp July 12-26. Demonstration north of the James July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Demonstration north of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Non-Veterans mustered out at Trenton, N. J., September 7, 1864. Ream's Station August 25. Fort Sedgwick September 10. Duty in trenches before Petersburg in lines from Fort Morton to Fort Alexander Hays September 10 to October 1. Poplar Springs Church October 1. Yellow House October 2-5. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28.
Fort Morton November 5. Consolidated with 7th New Jersey Infantry November 6, 1864.
Regt lost during service 12 Officers and 126 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 85 Enlisted men by disease. Total 223.
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