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Patrick O'Callaghan
Ocallaghan Private USA California - 2/17/1885 E 382 90 O'Callaghan was a private in Company D of the 1st United States Artillery Regiment. The 1st Artillery had been around in various forms since the Revolutionary War, but was organized as a distinct unit in 1821. After fighting against Native Americans and participating in the Mexican American War, the 1st Artillery was involved in the Civil War quite literally from the opening gun. It was part of the 1st that defended Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor in April of 1861. According to the 1st's regimental history, the regiment also fired the last cannon-shot of the war in 1865. In the decades following the war the 1st served in various parts of the nation, including a stint between 1881 and 1890 in the defenses of San Francisco. According to notes taken from the National Archives, O'Callaghan died on Angel Island. At the time his Company D was posted to Alcatraz. In April of 2004 the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs Database recorded his name as "Ocallaghan." |
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