James Egan Captain, United States Army |
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Private, 2nd United States Cavalry, 13 September 1856 to 21 June 1858 Private, Corporal, Sergeant and First Sergeant, Troop E, 1st United States Cavalry, 1 March 1860 to 20 August 1863 Second Lieutenant, 2nd United States Cavalry, 10 August 1863 First Lieutenant, 15 October 1864 Captain, 5 February 1868 Retired 9 May 1879 Breveted First Lieutenant, 31 May 1864, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia Died on 14 April 1883 and buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. April 17, 1883: Captain James Egan, a retired officer of the
United States Army, died in Washington on Saturday. He was a native
of Ireland, and, at the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion, was serving
in the ranks of Company E, First Cavalry. He was promoted to a First
Lieutenancy in the Regular Army near the close of the war, was made Captain
February 5, 1868, and retired from the service May 9, 1879, under the provisions
of Section 1,251 of the Revises Statues, providing for the retirement of
officers injured in the line of duty.
EGAN, JAMES CAPT 2ND US CAV DATE OF DEATH: 04/14/1883 BURIED AT: SECTION 1 SITE 133-D ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY EGAN, MARY ANN W/O JAMES
Posted: 27 July 2003 Updated: 22 June 2006 Updated: 28 May 2009 |
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