Timothy Donohoe Company B, 69 th Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1 st Regiment, Irish Brigade
Family Name § Timothy Donoghe on Recruit Statement § Timothy Donoghoe on Enlistment Papers and Declaration of Invalid Pension § Timothy Donaghoe and Timothy Donahoe on Casualty Sheet § Timothy Donoghue on Medal of Honor Citation § Timothy Donohoe on Pay Document Hospital, Invalid Pension Application, and Death Certificate § Timothy Donahue on Discharge Papers
1862 § American Civil War going on for one year § Timothy Donoghoe emigrates to America from Ireland § He enlisted on 15 September 1862. Private Company B, 69 th NYSV § 69 th Regiment, Irish Brigade fights at Antietam, Maryland on September 21 st. Southern Forces move south and Northern Forces delay pursuit. Finally move toward Richmond. Southerners position army in Fredericksburg await attack.
Declaration of Recruit
Enlistment Document In New York City for 3 years § Occupation - Clerk § Grey Eyes § Light Complexion § Light Hair § 5 ft 91/2 in. tall
Fredericksburg Southern Forces position themselves across the Rappahannock River on Marye’s Heights overlooking the town.
69 th at Fredericksburg § So many of the 69 th’s officers were lost at Antietam that Captain Thomas Leddy of Company B was now the senior captain in the Regiment. § Lieutenant Andrew Bermingham was temporarily transferred to command Company B, to replace Leddy, who would be acting as major during the battle. § The Green Flags had been returned to New York. Men wore boxwood sprigs in their caps.
Fredericksburg § Less than a hundred yards from the Rebel lines, the Irish Brigade charged on. Amazingly, a cheer went up from the Confederates sheltered behind the stone wall. They cheered the gallantry of the Irish attack, they had never seen anything like it. Then the men in gray leveled their muskets and poured a sheet of fire into the Brigade. § Wounded or not, most of the Irish went down. A few hardy souls pressed on and dashed over the last fifty yards to the wall. But they were quickly shot down. § When the battle ended, the Rebels would note that the Union men closest to the wall wore sprigs of boxwood in their caps.
Southern Position
Mural Room
Timothy Donaghoe Wounded Severely between December 10 th and December 17 th 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Mayre’s Heights
Pay March 12, 1863 L. D. Farnsworth, Surgeon in Charge of the Staunton Hospital paid Timothy Donohoe $19. 93 for service in Company B from September 15, 1862 until October 31, 1862
Discharge December 1, 1863 Discharged Sergeant Timothy Donahue from Company B 69 th NY as a supernumerary noncommissioned officer and transferred to the Invalid Corps
Application for Pension January 26, 1864 § 39 Years of age § Resident of New York City § Wounded by enemy shot in the right thigh § Unable to perform work
Declaration of Invalid Pension 13 July 1891 67 Years of age Resident of Brooklyn, 594 Warren Street Suffering from Sciatica, Kidney Trouble, Defective Sight
Medal of Honor 17 January 1894 Citation: DONOGHUE, TIMOTHY Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 69 th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va. , 13 December 1862. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 17 January 1894. Citation: Voluntarily carried a wounded officer off the field from between the lines; while doing this he was himself wounded. Officer he carried from the field was probably Lieutenant Andrew Bermingham only officer with Company B
March 19 th 1908 at 9 PM Died at 537 Butler Street, Brooklyn, New York Married – Laborer - Born in Ireland Lived in the U. S. 46 years (Arrived in 1862) He was 84 years old Father’s Name: Timothy Donohoe Mother’s Maiden Name: Mary Carr Cause: Apoplexy cardiac asthenia Buried: March 22, 1908 Holy Cross
Esther M Donohoe January 16, 1910 Timothy Donohoe’s widow, who was paid $12 / month pension until November 4, 1909, died and was dropped from the pension rolls on February 2, 1910
Timothy Donohue Soldier and Hero Distinguished Member th Regiment of the 69
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