Patrick Gaffney
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Jump to navigationJump to searchPatrick Gaffney[1] was a private in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company K.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 11, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company K at Livonia, Michigan
- Mustered in on August 14, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
- 18 years old
- Wounded in action on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps on April 10, 1864
- Discharged at Cleveland, Ohio on July 3, 1865 from VRC / 22nd Regiment / Company I
Post-War Career
Family
Notes
- ↑ RSMVCW (24) 0057 also spells his name Patrick Galney. For now, it has been left this way.
Sources
- Michigan and George H. Turner, Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Volume 24. (Kalamazoo, Mich.: Ihling bros. & Everard, printers, 1900). (Page 57)