Thomas Casey

He was a 27 year old laborer in New Orleans when he enlisted in Company D, 7th Louisiana Infantry on June 7th, 1861 at Camp Moore, LA. He was wounded on 21 July 1861 (First Manassas) and sent to a hospital in Charlottesville, VA. He was captured in action at Woodstock, VA on 2 June 1862. He was imprisoned at Fort Delaware, and exchanged at Aiken's Landing, VA on 5 August 1862.

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg and had an arm amputated. He was left behind and captured on 18 September.

He was admitted Oct. 21st, 1862, to No. 5, US Army General Hospital, Frederick, MD. Received at Fort McHenry, MD Oct. 25th, 1862. He was paroled and sent to Aiken's Landing, VA Oct. 30th, 1862. Declared exchanged there on Nov. 10th, 1862. He was absent, wounded, in Richmond, VA to February 1862. He was detailed in the Louisiana Hospital at Richmond, VA until retired in July 1864.

Basic information from Booth1.

c. 1834 in IRELAND