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The Civil War provided an opportunity for recent Irish immigrants to demonstrate their love for their adopted country by volunteering to serve. Virtually all of the Irishmen who joined Connecticut Volunteer Regiments from Stamford were mustered in as Privates and few rose above that rank. Others served as substitutes for wealthy individuals who could afford to pay another to go in their places. A small number of Irishmen, such as William Fagan of the 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery rose to the rank of Corporal.
Roughly 10% of all the men from Stamford to enlist were Irish.
| Irish surnames that figure on the rolls of the volunteer soldiers include | ||
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| Bohan (6th) Boyd (28th) Burke (1st Heavy Art.) Burns (17th) Burns (6th) Carey (6th) Carroll (10th) Carroll (1st Heavy Art.) Collins (17th) Collins (5th) Collins (9th) Conlan (3rd) Conly (28th) Connelly (9th) Corris (10th) Delaney (3rd) Egan (17th) Fagan (1st Heavy Art.) Farrell (11th) Farrell (17th) |
Fitzpatrick (17th) Foley (11th) Gagan (28th) Gillepsie (17th) Grady (8th) Graham (17th) Hennessey (17th) Hoovey (6th) Kelley (11th) Kelley (3rd) Kelly (17th) Kennedy (17th) Lowney (28th) Macrea (17th) Mahan (17th) McCabe (12th) McCue (11th) McNamara (11th) Meran (6th) Morrell (17th) |
Morris (8th) Mulholland (1st Heavy Art.) Murphey (3rd) O’Brien (28th) O’Brien (2nd) O’Brien (6th) O’Reilly (1st Heavy Art.) Paight (3rd) Quigley (17th) Rairden (2nd) Ross (14th) Runey (3rd) Sullivan (1st Heavy Art.) Tearney (14th) Welsh (20th) Welsh (5th) Whaley (10th) Whaley (17th) |
THE IRISH VOLUNTEER – SONGS OF THE IRISH UNION SOLDIER 1861-65