Individual Details
Sgt. Jeremiah John MCCARTHY
(1841 - 28 Oct 1863)
Events
| Birth | 1841 | Ireland |  |  | |
| Immigration | 10 Sep 1847 | New York, New York, New York, United States | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1855 | De Witt, Onondaga, New York, United States | | | |
| Military | 1862 - 1863 | Civil War: Sargent, 149th NY Infantry, Co C. Killed in action at Wauhatchie. | | | |
| Death | 28 Oct 1863 | died in the Battle of Wauhatchie - Wauhatchie, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States | | ||
| Burial | Buried on the battlefield, Wauhatchie, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States | |
Families
| Father | Timothy Daniel MCCARTHY (1797 - 1847) |
| Mother | Joanna "Hannah" LYNCH (1808 - ) |
| Sibling | Honora MCCARTHY (1831 - ) |
| Sibling | Ann MCCARTHY (1832 - ) |
| Sibling | Catherine MCCARTHY ( - ) |
| Sibling | Sgt. Timothy MCCARTHY (1841 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Jenny MCCARTHY (1843 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary MCCARTHY (1845 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Age 9 in 1850. Age 13 in 1855. The 1850 Census and the town clerk's register of his military service both state that he was born in Ireland. The 1855 Census states that he was born in Onondaga County.Immigration
Immigrated out of the port of Liverpool in England, travelling steerage on the ship Columbia, and arrived in the port of New York on 10 Sep 1847 . All McCarthy passengers on this ship include Timothy McCarthy, age 50, immigrant; Joanna McCarthy, age 40, wife; Honora McCarthy, age 16; Ann McCarthy, age 15; Catherine McCarthy, age 14; John McCarthy, age 8 (Jeremiah?); Timothy McCarthy, age 6; Jeny McCarthy (f), age 4; Mary McCarthy, age 2.http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=irishfam&ti=0&f17=Columbia16510September1847&gss=angs-d&rank=1&gl=&gst=&hc=50&fh=50&fsk=BELpYewIgAAXUQACmcM-61-
Census
Jeremiah McCarthy, age 13, was listed as a child of Daniel and Ann Lynch. Presumably he was an adoptive child; Daniel was his uncle.Military
Enlisted August 1862 at Syracuse. Killed 28 Oct 1863 in the Battle of Wauhatchie. Buried on the field.Endnotes
1. 1850 U.S. Federal Census, , population, New York, Onondaga, De Witt, page 152, image 20, dwelling 1116, family 1125, John Lynch and household; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 11 September 2015).
2. "New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 11 September 2015), Jeremiah McCarthy; New York State Archives; Albany, NY; Onondaga County, City of Syracuse, image 15.
3. "Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 12 September 3015), Johanna McCarthy; Famine Irish Entry Project, 1846-1851. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.; Columbia; arrived 10 Sep 1847.
4. "1855 New York State Census," digital images , FamilySearch ( : accessed 11 September 2015), Daniel Lynch household; Onondaga County, De Witt, image 22, dwelling 188, family 188, lines 4-6.
5. "New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 11 September 2015), Jeremiah McCarthy; New York State Archives; Albany, NY; Onondaga County, City of Syracuse, image 15.
6. Theresa Bannan, M.D., Pioneer Irish of Onondaga: (About 1776-1847) (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons; Knickerbocker Press, 1911), page 40.
7. "New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 11 September 2015), Jeremiah McCarthy; New York State Archives; Albany, NY; Onondaga County, City of Syracuse, image 15.
8. "New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 11 September 2015), Jeremiah McCarthy; New York State Archives; Albany, NY; Onondaga County, City of Syracuse, image 15.