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Federal (USV)

Private

Patrick Darcy

(c. 1825 - 1862)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 42nd New York Infantry

Before Antietam

He was 36 years old when he enlisted on 28 June 1861 in New York City. He mustered in as Private, Company C, 42nd New York Infantry on 7 July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History1, which has him as Patrick Darry. Service data from the State of New York,2, also as Patrick Darey. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1825

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1   Antietam National Cemetery, Board of Trustees, History of Antietam National Cemetery, Baltimore: John W. Woods, Steam Printer, 1869  [AotW citation 3400]

2   State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 23 (for the year 1900), pg. 936  [AotW citation 8487]