Patrick Doonan

He and his brother Frank came to America by way of a ship out of Liverpool, arriving in Boston in 1848. Patrick gave his age as 30 when he enlisted on 18 September 1861, at New York City, to serve three years. He mustered in as Corporal, Company E, 88th New York Infantry on 27 September 27. He was returned to the ranks (reduced to Private), date not given.

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

He was discharged for wounds on 18 March 1863.

Basic information from the State of New York1. Details kindly provided by descendent Michael J Doonan from his research. Thanks also to Steve Maczuga for publishing the NY regimental information in his excellent database.

Patrick's brother Frank Doonan had enlisted as Private in Company H, 4th Rhode Island Infantry in September 1861. It's not clear if he was at Antietam with his Company; he was listed as "sick in hospital" in Portsmouth Grove, RI from 25 October 1862 to January 1863. Frank reenlisted on 5 January 1864 and transferred to Company G, 7th Rhode Island Infantry in October. He was promoted Corporal on 1 July 1865, and mustered out of service with the 7th Regiment on 13 July 1865. (Elisha Dyer, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations for the Year 1865 (corrected), 2 Volumes, Providence: E.L. Freeman & Son, 1893, Vol. 1, pp. 264, 362)

10/1834 in IRELAND

03/31/1901; burial in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY