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Thomas Curley (Wisconsin general)

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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, for 1879. Containing the Constitutions of the United States and of the State; Jefferson's Manual; Rules and Orders of the Senate and Assembly, and Annals of the Legislature; also, Statistical Tables and History of State
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at the international border in October 1871. The Americans were captured by a unit of the American army, and released after a hearing in which it was concluded that such an attack, however imprudent, did not violate American law. The
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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Comprising the Constitutions of the United States and of the State of Wisconsin, Jefferson's Manual, Forms and Laws for the Regulation of Business; also Lists and Tables for Reference,
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Curley was elected to the Assembly in 1882 by five votes, drawing 1042 votes, to 1037 for Republican T. L. Brown, and 264 for old opponent Wannemaker, now running as a
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In 1871, he was one of several Irish-American veteran officers who participated in an attack (not officially sanctioned by the
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brigadier general on March 17, 1865, for meritorious services during the war, and returned to St. Louis with his regiment.
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His wife Elizabeth, like himself a native of Ireland, died in 1887. He died February 24, 1904, in
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He was not a candidate for reelection in 1886, and was succeeded by Republican Hugh Porter.
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in 1878, and ran for the Assembly that year, losing with 746 votes to 989 for
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of the state. In June 1861, after the outbreak of the Civil War and the
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Curley moved to Wisconsin in 1867, first settling in
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Wisconsin State Assembly
Crawford
Atley Peterson
Hugh Porter
County Roscommon
Ireland
UK
Madison, Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Democratic
United States
Irish Republican Brotherhood
United States Volunteers
Union Army
Colonel
Brevet
Brig. General
7th Reg. Miz. Vol. Infantry
27th Reg. Miz. Vol. Infantry
American Civil War
Vicksburg Campaign
Battle of Jackson
Siege of Vicksburg
Chattanooga campaign
Battle of Lookout Mountain
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Sherman's March to the Sea
Irish American
Democratic

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