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Full List of Soldiers in Database

 196 sons of Leitrim
This is the full list of 196 Leitrim soldiers found during our research who were born in County Leitrim in Ireland and fought in the American Civil War. This table contains only the basic information on each soldier. The database contains additional information.
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Union soldiers gathered during the American Civil War.
Record No
Last Name
First Name
Estimated Date of Birth From
Place of birth Locality
Year of enlistment
Age of Enlistment
Occupation
Regiment Name and State
Regiment Type
Company
Rank
Year of Death
Age at Death
180
Martin
Thomas
1832
1862
30
Labourer
New York 182nd regiment
Infantry
C
Private
136
Mawm
Peter
1835
1862
27
Bootmaker
Massachusetts 2nd Regiment
Infantry
E
Private
1867
32
105
McBride
John
1842
1857
15
New York 3rd Regiment
Infantry
E
Private
1861
19
207
McBride
Barney
1842
1864
22
Confectioner
New York 20th Regiment
Infantry
B
Private
1915
73
164
McCabe
James
1838
1862
24
Farmer
Illinois 23rd Regiment
Infantry
H
Private
176
McCarthy
Patrick
1835
1862
27
Labourer
New York 170th Regiment
Infantry
E
Private
216
McCarthy
Michael
1832
1861
29
Labourer
West Virginia 7th Regiment
Cavalry
C
Private
1897
65
77
McDermott
Larkey
1834
0
Farmer
Massachusetts 59th Regiment
Infantry
H
Private
205
McDermott
James
1836
1858
22
Teamster
New York United States 2nd Cavalry
Cavalry
H
Private
214
McDermott
John
0
1862
0
Wisconsin 20th Regiment
Infantry
C
Captain
1862
114
McGarity
Francis
1835
Kinlough
1864
29
Shoemaker
New York 88th Regiment
Infantry
D
Private
1864
29
172
McGarry
Thomas
1827
1862
35
Labourer
Illinois 90th Regiment
Infantry
A
Private
115
McGee
Michael
1830
Oughteragh / Dromcroman
1863
33
Labourer
New York 11th Regiment
Cavalry
L
Corporal
1864
34
202
McGinnis
John
1836
1858
22
Bootmaker
Massachusetts United States 2nd Cavalry
Cavalry
F
1892
56
102
McGovern
John
1842
1861
19
Labourer
Illinois 16th Regiment
Infantry
D
Corporal
1864
22
78
McGowan
Andrew
1823
1861
38
Bootmaker
Massachusetts 28th Regiment
Infantry
H
Private
1892
69
95
McGowan
James
1839
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1861
22
Bootmaker
Massachusetts 9th Regiment
Infantry
H
Corporal
1870
31
103
McGowan
James
1834
1864
30
Labourer
New York 2nd Regiment
Heavy Artillery
I
Private
116
McGowan
John
1833
1864
31
Labourer
New York 2nd Regiment
Heavy Artillery
H
Private
193
McGowan
James
1825
Manorhamilton
1861
36
Shoemaker
New York 15th Regiment
Engineers
D
Private
1864
39
104
McGrail
John
1844
1864
20
Bootmaker
Massachusetts 42nd Regiment
Infantry
E
Private
1883
39
57
McGuerty
Patrick
1827
1862
35
Labourer
Massachusetts 28th Regiment
Infantry
I
Private
1863
36
117
McGuerty
Patrick
1840
1862
22
Labourer
Massachusetts 28th Regiment
Infantry
F
Private
174
McGuinness
John
1823
1861
38
Mason
New York 170th Regiment
Infantry
A
Private
80
McGuire
Francis
1823
1864
41
Labourer
Massachusetts 30th Regiment
Infantry
B
Private
217
McHugh
Patrick
1841
1862
21
Illinois 100th Regiment
Infantry
E
Private
1906
65
49
McKenna
Ambrose
1841
1864
23
Massachusetts 25th Regiment
Infantry
E
Private
118
McMiff (McNiff)
Michael
1832
1862
30
Tailor
Massachusetts 22nd Regiment
Infantry
Private
62
McMorrow
Michael
1837
1862
25
Shoemaker
Massachusetts 43rd Regiment
Infantry
G
Private
66
McNulty
James
1824
1862
38
Massachusetts 3rd Regiment
Cavalry
E
Private
1867
43
48
McTierman
James
1824
1861
37
Teamster
Massachusetts 25th Regiment
Infantry
E
Private
1868
44
119
McWinney
Peter
1833
1865
32
Painter
New York 188th Regiment
Infantry
K
Private
165
Meagher
Patrick
1839
1861
22
Teamster
Illinois 23rd Regiment
Infantry
I
Private
54
Mealey
Michael
1843
1861
18
Massachusetts 30th Regiment
Infantry
F
Sergeant
70
Meehan
James
1834
1862
28
Shoemaker
Massachusetts 28th Regiment
Infantry
G
Private
183
Minman
Owen
1834
1862
28
Block Layer
New York 182nd regiment
Infantry
E
Private
112
Moran
Mathew
1837
1861
24
Labourer
Georgia 1st Regiment
Infantry
A
Private
1864
27
86
Morley
Dominic
1829
Mayo
1861
32
Labourer
Kentucky 28th Regiment
Infantry
B
Private
1898
69
203
Murphy
Michael
1841
1862
21
Farmer
New York United States 2nd Cavalry
Cavalry
G
Sergeant
126
Murray
Thomas
1837
1864
27
Boatman
New York 25th Regiment
Cavalry
U
Private
181
Murray
Michael
1820
1862
42
Labourer
New York 182nd regiment
Infantry
D
Private
184
Murray
Terence
1841
1862
21
New York 182nd regiment
Infantry
H
Private
96
O'Beirne
James
1826
0
1st Light Mounted Artillery
Artillery
C
Corporal
1885
59
127
O'Boyle
Thomas
1839
1863
24
Roller
Massachusetts 25th Regiment
Infantry
E
Private
1864
25
67
O'Brien
Patrick
1835
1865
30
Massachusetts 26th Regiment
Infantry
K
Private
128
O'Donnell
Henry
1841
Mohill
1864
23
Moulder
Massachusetts 42nd Regiment
Infantry
E
Private
1904
63
106
O'Hara
John
1838
1861
23
Massachusetts 18th Regiment
Infantry
B
Private
1863
25
204
O'Hara
Patrick
1837
1858
21
Clerk
New York United States 2nd Cavalry
Cavalry
E
Private
83
O'Neill
Charles
1828
Carrick on Shannon
1863
35
New York 1st Regiment
Infantry
D
Private
1891
63
129
O'Neill
Charles
1845
1864
19
Sailor
Massachusetts 25th Regiment
Infantry
A
Private
1864
19
47
O'Rourke
Patrick
1819
1862
43
Tailor
Massachusetts 30th Regiment
Infantry
H
Private
1863
44
130
O'Rourke
John
1819
1861
42
Operative
Rhode Island 1st Regiment
Artillery
D
Private
1864
45
145
O'Rourke
Timothy
1833
1865
32
New Hampshire 8th Regiment
Infantry
K
Private
3
Owens
Philip
1828
1860
32
Missouri 1st Cavalry
Cavalry
D
Private
1906
78
150
Parks
William W
1836
1861
25
Jailor
Massachusetts 27th Regiment
Infantry
I
Private
1906
70
87
Quinn
Edward
1841
1861
20
New Hampshire 3rd Regiment
Infantry
C
Private
175
Quinn
James
1817
1862
45
Waiter
New York 170th Regiment
Infantry
A
Corporal
1864
47
148
Rend
William P
1839
Newtown Gore
1861
22
New York 14th Regiment
Infantry
A
Private
1915
76
28
Reynolds
Peter
1836
1864
28
Farmer
Massachusetts 28th Regiment
Infantry
R
Private
73
Reynolds
John
1841
1864
23
Labourer
Massachusetts 19th Regiment
Infantry
D
Private
124
Reynolds
Michael P.
1840
Cloone
1861
21
Ohio 11th Regiment
Infantry
B
Private
1877
37
137
Reynolds
Hugh
1834
Gortletteragh
1861
27
New York 69th Regiment
Infantry
C
Private
1861
27
22
Riley
Patrick
1825
1862
37
Labourer
Massachusetts 3rd Regiment
Cavalry
H
Private
1869
44
97
Riley
James
1842
1861
19
Labourer
Massachusetts 30th Regiment
Infantry
F
Private
1922
80
138
Riley
John
1816
Cloone
1861
45
Labourer
Rhode Island 2nd Regiment
Infantry
K
Private
1861
45
160
Riley
Charles
1833
1862
29
Plumber
Illinois 23rd Regiment
Infantry
E
Private
134
Rogin
Patrick
1846
Pennsylvania 76th Regiment
Infantry
E
Private
1912
66
42
Rooney
John
1829
1862
33
Tailor
Massachusetts 20th Regiment
Infantry
Private
139
Rooney
Michael
1825
Rossinver
1862
37
Labourer
New York 132th Regiment
Infantry
F
Private
1864
39
140
Rooney
Michael
1826
1862
36
Labourer
Massachusetts 32nd Regiment
Infantry
G
Private
44
Rourke
John
1826
1861
35
Tinsmith
Massachusetts 30th Regiment
Infantry
A
Private
24
Shanley
Thomas
1842
Carragh
1862
20
None
New York USS Cambridge
Navy
Landsman
25
Shanley
Patrick
1831
1861
30
Labourer
Massachusetts 28th Regiment
Infantry
D
Corporal
65
Shanley
John
1827
1862
35
Labourer
Massachusetts 28th Regiment
Infantry
D
Private
1864
37
169
Short
Patrick
1817
1861
44
Labourer
New York 63rd Regiment
Infantry
K
Private
107
Slattery
Joseph
1832
1861
29
Massachusetts 8th Regiment
Infantry
K
Corporal
125
Slaven
Michael
1834
1861
27
Bootmaker
Massachusetts 2nd Regiment
Infantry
E
Private
131
Smith
Owen
1831
1862
31
Labourer
Illinois 90th Regiment
Infantry
A
Sergeant
1863
32
168
Smith
James
1823
1862
39
Shoemaker
New York 63rd Regiment
Infantry
A
Private
154
Stanford
Bernard
1842
Cornee Mohill
1861
19
Connecticut 13th Regiment
Infantry
K
Private
155
Stanford
James
1830
Cornee Mohill
1862
32
Labourer
Connecticut 1st Regiment
Heavy Artillery
M
Private
1913
83
156
Stanford
Francis
1837
Cornee Mohill
1862
25
Connecticut 15th Regiment
Infantry
C
Private
1905
68
157
Stanford
Edward James
1836
Cornee Mohill
1861
25
Miner
West Virginia 1st Regiment
Cavalry
F
76
Sweeney
James
1836
1864
28
Moulder
Massachusetts 35th Regiment
Infantry
C
Private
141
Sweeney
Daniel
1837
Carrigallen
1863
26
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New York 69th Regiment
Infantry
C
2nd Lieutenant
1864
27
167
Sweeney
Daniel
1818
1862
44
Labourer
New York 63rd Regiment
Infantry
A
Private
135
Tighe
Patrick
1828
Labourer
3rd Regiment
Infantry
I
Private
1863
35
27
Tully
Patrick
1821
1861
40
Labourer
Massachusetts 30th Regiment
Infantry
F
Private
58
Tully
Michael
1817
1862
45
Massachusetts 31st Regiment
Infantry
K
Private
43
Welch
John
1832
1861
29
Labourer
Massachusetts 26th Regiment
Infantry
F
Private
198
Welch
Farrell
1835
1862
27
Blacksmith
Massachusetts United States 2nd Cavalry
Cavalry
E
Private
37
Winters
James
1839
1861
22
Cooper
Massachusetts 28th Regiment
Infantry
A
Private
1889
50
46
Woods
Matthew
1836
1861
25
Moulder
Massachusetts 28th Regiment
Infantry
F
Corporal
158
Wrenn
Peter
1829
Mohill
1861
32
Block Layer
New York 37th Regiment
Infantry
D
Private
113
Wynne (Winn)
Matthew
1833
1862
29
Farmer
New York 170th Regiment
Infantry
C
Private
1864
31
151
Young
John
1830
1864
34
Sailor
Massachusetts 15th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Artillery
Private

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