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Patrick Rogan (Medal of Honor)

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Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 7th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Big Hole, Mont., 9 August 1877. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 2 December 1878.
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During his first enlistment, Rogan married Margaret McLennon, who was the sister of future MOH recipient
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Verified and reported the company while subjected to a galling fire from the enemy.
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Following his retirement, Rogan was employed as a night watchman for the
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American Indian Wars recipients of the Medal of Honor
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Irish-American
US Army
Medal of Honor
Indian Wars
County Leitrim
Ireland
United States
American Civil War
7th US Infantry
John McLennon
sergeant
colonel
John Gibbon
Nez Perce War
first sergeant
Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Biography
Patrick Rogan
Find a Grave
Categories
1840s births
1912 deaths
19th-century Irish people
Irish soldiers in the United States Army
Military personnel from County Leitrim
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
Irish-born Medal of Honor recipients
American Indian Wars recipients of the Medal of Honor

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