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Patrick Kelly (Civil War)

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when he was shot through the head while leading the Irish Brigade forward against Confederate earthworks. His body was recovered and sent back to New York for his funeral. He was buried in
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Kelly resumed his role as colonel of his regiment as more senior officers returned to the brigade. However, with the death of Col.
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The Irish Brigade in the Civil War: The 69th New York and Other Irish Regiments of the Army of the Potomac.
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on October 20, 1862. He led the regiment in the ill-fated attacks in front of Marye's Heights in the
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and fought in the Irish Brigade's major battles in 1862. He commanded the regiment at the
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in 1864, Kelly again commanded the brigade. At the age of 42, Kelly died during the
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At the outset of the Civil War, Kelly enlisted in the Union Army and saw action as
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The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865
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The Irish Brigade: A Pictorial History of the Famed Civil War Fighters.
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Patrick Kelly (disambiguation)

Union Army
American Civil War
Irish Brigade
Battle of Gettysburg
Tuam
captain
69th New York Infantry
First Battle of Bull Run
16th U.S. Infantry
lieutenant colonel
88th New York Infantry
Battle of Antietam
Harpers Ferry
Maryland Campaign
colonel
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Brig. Gen.
Thomas Francis Meagher
Wheatfield
Gettysburg
Richard Byrnes
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
First Calvary Cemetery
Woodside, New York
ISBN
0-938289-97-7

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