John Fagan

In 1860 he was an 18 year old glass maker living with his widowed mother and 3 siblings in Sandwich, MA; his older brother Patrick lived next door and fellow glass maker Christopher B Dalton two doors down. He enlisted there on 18 May 1861 and mustered in as a Private in what became Company D, 29th Massachusetts Infantry on 22 May.

He was wounded by a gunshot to his chest and shoulder in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

He was admitted to a US Army General Hospital (USA GH) in Fredrick, MD on 28 September, sent on to the Summit House GH in Philadelphia on 1 October 1862, and returned to his company on 24 March 1863. He was "in arrest" from August to October (charges not given) then ordered to join his regiment on the siege of Knoxville, TN and all charges were "withdrawn" as of 30 December 1863. He was transferred to Company E, 36th Massachusetts Infantry on 30 January 1864. He was discharged at the end of his term of enlistment in May 1864.

By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was a glass maker/blower in New Bedford, MA. In 1900 and to at least 1910 he was working in a glass factory in Philadelphia, PA.

His service from Soldiers, Sailors and Marines 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Wound and hospital details from Nelson3 and the Patient List,4 which has him in Company G. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1910.

He married Mary (?, 1851-) in about 1869 and they had as many as 6 children by 1900.

05/27/1842; Sandwich, MA