Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born to immigrants from Ireland in Lowell, Massachusetts, he was a clothing merchant in Manchester, New Hampshire when the Civil War began. He enlisted Company C, 3rd New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned Captain of the company on August 23, 1861. He led his men in the 1862 expedition to South Carolina, and participated in the June 16, 1862 Battle of Seccessionville. He resigned his commission on July 31, 1862, and returned to New Hampshire to recruit a new regiment that became the 10th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Commissioned Colonel and commander on September 5, 1862, he would lead the unit through the rest of the war. Made part of the Union Army’s IX Corps, his men saw action at the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, the expedition to Suffolk, Virginia in May 1863, and in operations along the James River in Virginia in 1864. Made part of the XVIII Corps, on September 29, 1864, while leading his men at the Battle of Fort Harrison, Virginia, Colonel Donohoe first had his horse shot out from under him, then received a severe wound himself in the right hip. He recovered to led his men in the occupation of Richmond, Virginia in April 1865, and on provost duty in Manchester, New Hampshire before he and the regiment was honorably mustered out in June 21, 1865. On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers for “gallant conduct in the field”. After returning home, he worked first as a clerk for several railroads, then as a United States postal inspector. In 1895 he as appointed as superintendent of the Rainsford Island Reformatory in Boston, Massachusetts, but died only a few months into his tenure.
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born to immigrants from Ireland in Lowell, Massachusetts, he was a clothing merchant in Manchester, New Hampshire when the Civil War began. He enlisted Company C, 3rd New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned Captain of the company on August 23, 1861. He led his men in the 1862 expedition to South Carolina, and participated in the June 16, 1862 Battle of Seccessionville. He resigned his commission on July 31, 1862, and returned to New Hampshire to recruit a new regiment that became the 10th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Commissioned Colonel and commander on September 5, 1862, he would lead the unit through the rest of the war. Made part of the Union Army’s IX Corps, his men saw action at the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, the expedition to Suffolk, Virginia in May 1863, and in operations along the James River in Virginia in 1864. Made part of the XVIII Corps, on September 29, 1864, while leading his men at the Battle of Fort Harrison, Virginia, Colonel Donohoe first had his horse shot out from under him, then received a severe wound himself in the right hip. He recovered to led his men in the occupation of Richmond, Virginia in April 1865, and on provost duty in Manchester, New Hampshire before he and the regiment was honorably mustered out in June 21, 1865. On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers for “gallant conduct in the field”. After returning home, he worked first as a clerk for several railroads, then as a United States postal inspector. In 1895 he as appointed as superintendent of the Rainsford Island Reformatory in Boston, Massachusetts, but died only a few months into his tenure.
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