Hugh Tolty
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Jump to navigationJump to searchHugh Tolty[1] was a Corporal in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company K.
Antebellum
- Irish ancestry
War Career
- Enlisted on May 10, 1861 in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company K
- Described as "the smallest man in the company" by Rufus R. Dawes, nicknamed "Tall T"[2]
- Often carried knapsacks for the other "little fellows" of the company[3]
- Veteran
- Corporal
- Wounded in action at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Taken to same hospital to recover as James P. Sullivan[4]
- Mustered out on July 14, 1865
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
- ↑ SWTSWV 0017 and SWTSWV 0047 spell his name Hugh Talty.
- ↑ Dawes, 17
- ↑ Dawes, 17
- ↑ Dawes, 47
Sources
- Dawes, Rufus R. Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers. Marietta, OH: E.R. Alderman & Sons, 1890. Print. (Pages 17, 47)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 536)