PADDY OWEN'S REGULAR'S --- UPDATES #3
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VOLUME ONE
VOLUME TWO
Page 181 line 20 - Before leaving for the Peninsula, Private Thomas O'Connor in
company H took sick and was hospitalized in Washington. The Irish born 34 year old
painter would be dismissed from the service by August 1862.
Page 327 line 7 After the battle of Antietam, Private William Kirkland from company A
took ill and was left behind at the Stone House Hospital. He would be reported as a
deserter but later his service records were changed to reflect the fact hat he had remained at
the Stone House Hospital working as a nurse. The 32 year olf Irishman would later be
dismissed for heart ailments.
Page 272 line 12 - Also slightly wounded by a shell fragment was Corporal Thomas
Jordan in company G. The 29 year old married soldier had been born in Cork and had
been promoted to Corporal from Private on March 1, 1862. This wound as well a later
in jury to his right hand would trouble him for years.
Page 282 line 16 One of the men who would fall sick from marching through he
swamps would be Private Patrick McMahon in company H. He would be hospitalized
and sent to Point Lookout Maryland.The 39 year old Irish born carpenter wold spend
the entire war in hospitals in washington DC and Philadelpia. He would finally be
mustered out of the service on September 16, 1864
Page 344 line 7 Private Patrick McMahan in compay I was promoted to Corporal the
same day.
Page 430 line 27 Corporal Patrrick McMahan in company was promoted to Sergeant on
February 1.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
McMahan, Patrick (I) 344, 430, 549, 736, 865, 1009
McMahon, Patrick (H) 282
Page 49 line 4 The poor quality of the arms provided to the 24th was evident when the
regiment started suffering serious injury in July. Private Thomas Burk in company F, who
had been active ion the Irish militia, was injured when an exploding gun drove a piece of
metal into his left breast. The gun had exploded in his hands as he fired it during target
practice.
Page 853 (at bottom) "The transfer of men from the 71st Pa to the 69th Pa would result, in
the long run, in a very small increase in the size of the "Irish Volunteers" fighting force. A careful
examination of the compiled service records at the National Archives shows only 51 men of the
336 soldiers transfered on paper to the 69th ever fought with the regiment through the end of
1864. 19