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Pvt Albert O'Brien

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Pvt Albert O'Brien

Birth
Death
24 Jan 1865
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
West Oak Lane, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section B, Grave 591
Memorial ID
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Note: This memorial is under development. Name on Gravemarker: Alb't O'Brien. Alternate Name Spellings for Veteran from Military/Other Records: Albert C. Bryan, Albert O'Bryan.

Regiment: 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company D. Dates of Service: 31 August 1861 - 24 January 1865. (His Pennsylvania Veteran's Burial Index Card notes "Died in Service." The entry created for him by W.H.H. Michler in the U.S. Army's ledger for deaths of volunteers confirms that he was a member of the 47th Pennsylvania's Company D at the time of his death, and also indicates that he died from "Cerebro Spinal Meningitis" at the Union's Hospital at Camp Cadwallader in Philadelphia. This entry ledger was filed under the name of "O'Bryan, Albert.")

Major Engagements of the 47th Pennsylvania During His Term of Service: Defense of the nation's capital (Fall 1861); defense of Florida and southern areas (1862); Battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina (October 1862); defense of Florida via garrisoning at Forts Taylor and Jefferson (1863); Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana (March-May 1864), including the Battles of Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill; legendary Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including the Battles of Opequan and Fisher's Hill (September 1864) and the Battle of Cedar Creek (19 October 1864).


Sources: Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861–1865, Records of the U.S. Adjutant General's Office, Record Group 94, U.S. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Roll of Honor (No. XII), Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defence of the American Union: Soldiers Buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Bryan, Albert C.), Washington Government Printing Office, 1867.
Note: This memorial is under development. Name on Gravemarker: Alb't O'Brien. Alternate Name Spellings for Veteran from Military/Other Records: Albert C. Bryan, Albert O'Bryan.

Regiment: 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company D. Dates of Service: 31 August 1861 - 24 January 1865. (His Pennsylvania Veteran's Burial Index Card notes "Died in Service." The entry created for him by W.H.H. Michler in the U.S. Army's ledger for deaths of volunteers confirms that he was a member of the 47th Pennsylvania's Company D at the time of his death, and also indicates that he died from "Cerebro Spinal Meningitis" at the Union's Hospital at Camp Cadwallader in Philadelphia. This entry ledger was filed under the name of "O'Bryan, Albert.")

Major Engagements of the 47th Pennsylvania During His Term of Service: Defense of the nation's capital (Fall 1861); defense of Florida and southern areas (1862); Battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina (October 1862); defense of Florida via garrisoning at Forts Taylor and Jefferson (1863); Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana (March-May 1864), including the Battles of Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill; legendary Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including the Battles of Opequan and Fisher's Hill (September 1864) and the Battle of Cedar Creek (19 October 1864).


Sources: Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861–1865, Records of the U.S. Adjutant General's Office, Record Group 94, U.S. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Roll of Honor (No. XII), Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defence of the American Union: Soldiers Buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Bryan, Albert C.), Washington Government Printing Office, 1867.

Inscription

591
ALB'T O'BRIEN

Gravesite Details

Source: His Pennsylvania Veteran's Burial Index Card.


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  • Created by: lesnyder1
  • Added: Nov 8, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138476926/albert-o'brien: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Albert O'Brien (unknown–24 Jan 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138476926, citing Philadelphia National Cemetery, West Oak Lane, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by lesnyder1 (contributor 47451559).