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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AMERICAN WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
1775 - 1783


Revolutionary War Memorial - Valley Forge

The men and women of the Continental Army were ordinary men and women – like many of us, but these everyday men and women were thrust into extraordinary circumstances.  Valley Forge National Historical Park commemorates more than the collective sacrifices and dedication of the Revolutionary War generation, it pays homage to the ability of everyday Americans to pull together and overcome adversity during extraordinary times.

Of all the places associated with the American War for Independence, perhaps none has come to symbolize perseverance and sacrifice more than Valley Forge. The hardships of the encampment claimed the lives of one in ten, nearly all from disease. Despite the privations suffered by the army at Valley Forge, Washington and his generals built a unified professional military organization that ultimately enabled the Continental Army to triumph over the British.

Perhaps one of Washington’s soldiers said it best when he described his reasons for not abandoning the field despite the harsh conditions:  "We had engaged in the defense of our wounded country and . . . we were determined to persevere."  Private Joseph Plumb Martin, 8th Connecticut regiment, December 1777.

On September 11, 1777 British and American troops met and fought at the Battle of Brandywine.  It was a defeat for the Revolutionary Army enabling the British to occupy Philadelphia, the American capitol.  Congress had fled to York where the seat of government was established.  Valley Forge was chosen as the location for the winter encampment of 1777 - 1778 because it was located near the main road between Philadelphia and York.  The area had natural defence barriers of Mount Joy, Mount Misery and the Schuylkill River.  On December 19, 1777 the army marched in and began to set up the encampment.  Between December and June the army would undergo reorganization and re-supply.  General von Steuben arrived during the encampment and volunteered his services to train the soldiers.  Recruits arrived to join the army as replacements for those lost due to end of enlistment, sickness, or desertion.  They also increased the ranks of the army.  Washington's Army arrived at Valley Forge as an ill-fed, ragged and indifferently trained organization.  They left six months later with vastly improved training and logistical support as a result of the combined efforts of General Washington and his staff.  By the end of the encampment a new army emerged from Valley Forge and successfully met the highly trained and professional British Army on the field of battle at Monmouth, New Jersey.

The Valley Forge Muster Roll is dedicated to the 30,000 plus men who served at the Valley Forge Encampment under General George Washington during the period of December 1777 to June 1778.  This list provides the only known, record of all of the soldiers who served at the Valley Forge Encampment.

The information found in the Valley Forge Muster Roll was collected and analyzed from official documents located at the Valley Forge National Historical Park and the National Archives and Records Administration.  The information on this list was lovingly gathered and authenticated by dedicated personnel (staff and volunteers) working with the Valley Forge National Historic Park and volunteers from the Lockheed Martin Network of Volunteer Associates (NOVA)

The encampment at Valley Forge from December 1777 through June 1778 was comprised of six regular divisions 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, Support and Sullivan's, which was a supplemental division. Each division was comprised of three brigades except for Sullivan's who had one.

Muster Roll

Personal ID:  PA00505

Last Name:  Corrigan

First Name:  Cornelius

Rank:  Private

Rank Type:  Rank and file

Brigade:  1ST PA Brigade (Commander: BG Anthony Wayne)

Company:  Captain William Alexander

State:  PA (Pennsylvania)

Regiment:  7-PA (Commander: COL William Irving)

Division:  2ND Division (Commander: Maj. General Thomas Mifflin)

Monthly Muster Roll Status:  December 1777:  Name on roll without comment.


INDIAN WARS
1775 - 1842

In the19 century, the incessant Westward expansion of the United States incrementally compelled large numbers of Native Americans to resettle further west, sometimes by force, almost always reluctantly. Under President Andrew Jackson, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which authorized the President to conduct treaties to exchange Indian land east of the Mississippi River for lands west of the river. As many as 100,000 American Indians eventually relocated in the West as a result of this Indian Removal policy. In theory, relocation was supposed to be voluntary (and many Indians did remain in the East), but in practice great pressure was put on American Indian leaders to sign removal treaties. Arguably the most egregious violation of the stated intention of the removal policy was the Treaty of New Echota, which was signed by a dissident faction of Cherokees, but not the elected leadership. The treaty was brutally enforced by President Martin Van Buren, which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 4,000 Cherokees (mostly from disease) on the Trail of Tears.

Conflicts, generally known as "Indian Wars", broke out between U.S. forces and many different tribes. U.S. government authorities entered numerous treaties during this period, but later abrogated many for various reasons. Well-known military engagements include the Native American victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, and the massacre of Native Americans at Wounded Knee in 1890. On January31, 1876, the United States government ordered all remaining Native Americans to move into reservations or reserves. This, together with the near-extinction of the American Bison that many tribes had lived on, set about the downturn of Prairie Culture that had developed around the use of the horse for hunting, travel and trading.

American policy toward Native Americans has been an evolving process. In the late nineteenth century, reformers, in efforts to "civilize" Indians, adapted the practice of educating native children in Indian Boarding Schools. These schools, which were primarily run by Christians, proved traumatic to Indian children, who were forbidden to speak their native languages, taught Christianity instead of their native religions and in numerous other ways forced to abandon their Indian identity and adopt European-American culture. There are also many documented cases of sexual, physical and mental abuses occurring at these schools

CORRIGAN COMBATENT
Chalmette National Cemetery


Name

CORRIGAN, JOHN

State / Regiment

5 US

Section

143

Arm

Infantry

Grave

12245

Death

March 1, 1894

Rank

Private

War

Indian Wars

Date / Place Enlistment

N/A

Monument

 

Company

G

Comments

N/A


AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
1861-1865

The American Civil War (1861–1865) also called the Was Between the States was fought in North America between the United States of America, called the Union Forces and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right of secession from the Union. The war produced over 970,000 casualties (3.09% of population), including approximately 560,300 deaths (1.78%), a loss of more American lives than any other conflict in US history. The causes of the war, and even the name of the war itself, are still debated.

During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the United Staes, the twenty-four northern states that were not part of the seceding Confederacy. Since the term had been used prior to the war to refer to the entire United States (a "union of states"), using it to apply to the non-secessionist side carried a connotation of legitimacy as the continuation of the pre-existing political entity. Also, in the public dialogue of the United States, new states are "admitted to the Union" and the President’s  annual address to Congress and to the people is referred to as the "State of the Union" Address.

During the American Civil War, Loyalists to the United States living in the Border States and Confederate States were termed Unionists. Nearly 120,000 Southern Unionists served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and every Southern state, except South Carolina, raised 'Unionists' regiments. Southern Unionists were extensively used as anti-guerrilla forces and as occupation troops in areas of the Confederacy occupied by the Union.

Since the Civil War, the term has been a widely used synonym for the Northern side of the conflict, and has increasingly lost the more subtle historical connotations. It is usually used in contexts where "United States" might be confusing, "Federal" obscure, or "Yankee" dated or derogatory. Example uses:  Union General Ulysses S. Grant, Union Army of the Potomac, and Union cavalry. However, the term Union remains more popular with historians than it does with the general public.

The Confederate States of America—also referred to as the Confederate States, CSA, the Confederacy and Dixie (colloquially)—was a country that existed between 1861 and 1865  in North America, comprising states that seceded from the United States of America. The territory of the CSA consisted of most of the southeastern portion of today's United States. As its existence was contested by the United States for the whole of its brief history, there was never a definitive delineation of Confederate States' northern boundary. Its southern land boundary was with Mexico. It was otherwise bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

For most of its life the Confederacy was engaged in a war of independence against the United States, with the vast majority of combat taking place in Southern territory. The Army of Northern Virginia, under General Robert E. Lee, also made limited incursions onto Union soil.

Along with the northwestern counties of Virginia (whose residents did not wish to secede and eventually entered the Union in 1863  as West Virginia), four of the five northernmost "slave states" (Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky) did not secede, and became known as the Border States.

Maryland had numerous pro-Confederate officials, but after rioting in Baltimore and other events had prompted a Federal declaration of martial law, Union troops moved in, and arrested the disloyal elements. Both Missouri and Kentucky remained in the Union, but factions within each state organized governments in exile that were recognized by the CSA.

In Missouri, effective secession was prevented by military intervention by the Union, while the State government under Governor Claiborne F. Jackson, a southern sympathizer, evacuated the state capital of Jefferson City and met in-exile at the town of Neosho, Missouri, adopting a secession ordinance that was recognized by the Confederacy on October 30, 1861, while the Union organized a competing State government by calling a constitutional convention that had originally been convened to vote on secession (Missouri also formed Confederate units).

Although Kentucky did not secede, for a time it declared itself neutral. During a brief occupation by the Confederate Army, Southern sympathizers organized a secession convention, inaugurated a Confederate Governor, and gained recognition from the Confederacy. However, that military occupation turned general popular opinion in Kentucky against the Confederacy, and the state subsequently reaffirmed its loyal status and expelled the Confederate government.

Residents of the northwestern counties of Virginia organized a secession from Virginia, with a plan for gradual emancipation, and entered the Union in 1863 as West Virginia. Similar secessions were supported in some other areas of the Confederacy (such as eastern Tennessee), but were suppressed by declarations of martial law by the Confederacy.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System is a computerized database containing very basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War. The initial focus of the CWSS is the Names Index Project, a project to enter names and other basic information from 6.3 million soldier records in the National Archives. The facts about the soldiers were entered from records that are indexed to many millions of other documents about Union and Confederate Civil War soldiers maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration.

Other information includes: histories of regiments in both the Union and Confederate Armies, links to descriptions of 384 significant battles of the war, and other historical information. Additional information about soldiers, sailors, regiments, and battles, as well as prisoner-of-war records and cemetery records, will be added over time.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) is a cooperative effort by the National Park Service (NPS) and several other public and private partners, to computerize information about the Civil War. The goal of the CWSS is to increase the American people's understanding of this decisive era in American history by making information about it widely accessible. The CWSS will enable the public to make a personal link between themselves and history.

Corrigan’s Who Served With The Union And Confederate Forces

Army:                          UNION STATES
Leader:                       Abraham Lincoln
Commander:               General Ulysses S. Grant

No.

Soldier Name

Side

Function

Regiment / Company / Rank In-Out / Alternate Name / Notes

1

Corrigan, ...

Union

 

Signal Corps (Regular Army)
? / Sergeant

2

Corrigan, Alfred McQuinn

Union

Cavalry

9th Regiment, New York Cavalry
Co. K, I / 1 Lieutenant / Major

3

Corrigan, Andrew

Union

Infantry

3rd Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry
Co. D / Private – Private / Andrew Carrigan

4

Corrigan, Andrew

Union

 

20th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps

5

Corrigan, Andrew

Union

Infantry

28th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry

6

Corrigan, Andrew J.

Union

 

Unassigned Veteran Reserve Corps

7

Corrigan, Anthony G

Union

Infantry

35th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry

8

Corrigan, Anthony G.

Union

Infantry

79th Regiment, New York Infantry

9

Corrigan, Arthur

Union

Infantry

31st Regiment, New York Infantry

10

Corrigan, Arthur

Union

Infantry

111th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

11

Corrigan, Barnhard

Union

Infantry

45th Regiment, Illinois Infantry

12

Corrigan, Bernard

Union

Infantry

11th Regiment, New York Infantry

13

Corrigan, Cornelius

Union

Infantry

1st Regiment, New York Infantry

14

Corrigan, Daniel

Union

Infantry

10th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

15

Corrigan, Daniel

Union

Artillery

3rd Regiment, US Artillery (Regular Army)

16

Corrigan, Daniel

Union

Artillery

1st Regiment, US Artillery (Regular Army)

17

Corrigan, Daniel

Union

Infantry

6th Regiment, US Infantry (Regular Army)

18

Corrigan, Daniel

Union

Artillery

1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Light Artillery (14th Reserves)

19

Corrigan, Daniel

Union

Infantry

105th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

20

Corrigan, Daniel

Union

Infantry

19th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry

21

Corrigan, Daniel

Union

Infantry

5th Regiment, Ohio Infantry

22

Corrigan, Denis

Union

Cavalry

11th Regiment, New York Cavalry

23

Corrigan, Dennis

Union

Infantry

19th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry

24

Corrigan, Dennis

Union

Infantry

23rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry

25

Corrigan, Edward

Union

Artillery

1st Regiment, Vermont Heavy Artillery

26

Corrigan, Edward

Union

Infantry

37th Regiment, New York Infantry

27

Corrigan, Emily

Union

 

Mississippi Marine Brigade

28

Corrigan, Francis

Union

Infantry

9th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

29

Corrigan, Francis

Union

Infantry

7th Regiment, Maryland Infantry

30

Corrigan, Francis

Union

Artillery

Baltimore Battery, Maryland Light Artillery

31

Corrigan, Frank

Union

Infantry

2nd Regiment, New York Infantry

32

Corrigan, Franklin

Union

Engineers

1st Regiment, Engineers and Mechanics, Michigan

33

Corrigan, Franklin

Union

Infantry

72nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry

34

Corrigan, Frederick

Union

Infantry

71st Regiment, New York Infantry

35

Corrigan, Frederick

Union

 

2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps

36

Corrigan, George

Union

Cavalry

7th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry

37

Corrigan, George W.

Union

Infantry

77th Regiment, New York Infantry

38

Corrigan, George W.

Union

 

Unidentified New York

39

Corrigan, Hugh

Union

Infantry

28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

40

Corrigan, Hugh

Union

Infantry

23rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry

41

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

47th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry

42

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

19th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry

43

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

28th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry

44

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

116th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4)

45

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

13th Regiment, New York Infantry

46

Corrigan, James

Union

Engineers

15th Regiment, New York Engineers (New)

47

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

64th Regiment, New York Infantry

48

Corrigan, James

Union

Cavalry

2nd Regiment, US Dragoons (Regular Army)

49

Corrigan, James

Union

Cavalry

7th Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry

50

Corrigan, James

Union

Cavalry

3rd Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (1st Organization)

51

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

110th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

52

Corrigan, James

Union

Engineers

50th Regiment, New York Engineers

53

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

87th Regiment, New York Infantry

54

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

79th Regiment, New York Infantry

55

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

74th Regiment, New York Infantry

56

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

73rd Regiment, New York Infantry

57

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

71st Regiment, New York Infantry

58

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

28th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry

59

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

5th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry

60

Corrigan, James

Union

Artillery

Battery E, New Jersey Light Artillery

61

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

140th Regiment, New York Infantry

62

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

10th Regiment, New York Infantry

63

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

19th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

64

Corrigan, James

Union

Infantry

26th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry

65

Corrigan, James

Union

Artillery

1st Regiment, Michigan Light Artillery

66

Corrigan, James B.

Union

Infantry

2nd Regiment, Vermont Infantry

67

Corrigan, James K.

Union

 

3rd Regiment, New York National Guard (30 days, 1863)

68

Corrigan, John

Union

Cavalry

1st Regiment, Vermont Cavalry

69

Corrigan, John

Union

Cavalry

4th Regiment, New York Cavalry

70

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

48th Regiment, New York Infantry

71

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

40th Regiment, New York Infantry

72

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

32nd Regiment, New York Infantry

73

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

26th Regiment, New York Infantry

74

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

24th Regiment, New York Infantry

75

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

176th Regiment, New York Infantry

76

Corrigan, John

Union

Cavalry

11th Regiment, New York Cavalry

77

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

35th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

78

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

42nd Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (100 days, 1864) (Militia)

79

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

27th Company Unattached, Massachusetts Infantry

80

Corrigan, John

Union

Artillery

13th Independent Battery, Michigan Light Artillery

81

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

3rd Regiment, Maine Infantry

82

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

17th Regiment, Maine Infantry

83

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

182nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry

84

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

11th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (3 months, 1861)

85

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

136th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

86

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

111th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

87

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

82nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

88

Corrigan, John

Union

Artillery

3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

89

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

88th Regiment, New York Infantry

90

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

6th Regiment, New York Infantry

91

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

159th Regiment, New York Infantry

92

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

147th Regiment, New York Infantry

93

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

12th Regiment, US Infantry (Regular Army)

94

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

13th Regiment, US Infantry (Regular Army)

95

Corrigan, John

Union

 

Signal Corps, US Volunteers

96

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

2nd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry

97

Corrigan, John

Union

Artillery

Battery B, New Jersey Light Artillery

98

Corrigan, John

Union

Cavalry

3rd Regiment, New Jersey Cavalry

99

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

35th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry

100

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

33rd Regiment, New Jersey Infantry

101

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

26th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry

102

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

1st Regiment, New Jersey Infantry (3 months, 1861)

103

Corrigan, John

Union

Artillery

1st Regiment, Missouri Light Artillery

104

Corrigan, John

Union

 

13th Regiment, New York State Militia (3 months, 1861)

105

Corrigan, John

Union

Infantry

183rd Regiment, Ohio Infantry

106

Corrigan, John G.

Union

Cavalry

4th Regiment, New York Cavalry

107

Corrigan, John S.

Union

Infantry

195th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (100 days, 1861)

108

Corrigan, John W.

Union

Infantry

18th Regiment, Missouri Infantry

109

Corrigan, Joseph

Union

Infantry

16th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry

110

Corrigan, Joseph

Union

Infantry

26th Regiment, New York Infantry

111

Corrigan, Joseph

Union

Infantry

22nd Regiment, US Infantry (Regular Army)

112

Corrigan, Joseph

Union

Infantry

12th Regiment, US Infantry (Regular Army)

113

Corrigan, Joseph

Union

Artillery

6th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery

114

Corrigan, Joseph

Union

Infantry

28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

115

Corrigan, Joseph

Union

Artillery

13th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery

116

Corrigan, Lawrence

Union

Infantry

46th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

117

Corrigan, Lawrence

Union

Infantry

Varner's Battalion, US Volunteer Infantry

118

Corrigan, M.

Union

 

Ordnance Department (Regular Army)

119

Corrigan, Mark

Union

Infantry

156th Regiment, New York Infantry

120

Corrigan, Mathew

Union

Infantry

44th Regiment, Illinois Infantry

121

Corrigan, Mathew

Union

Artillery

Elgin Battery (5th Independent), Illinois Light Artillery

122

Corrigan, Michael

Union

Infantry

1st Regiment, District of Columbia Infantry

123

Corrigan, Michael

Union

Infantry

125th Regiment, New York Infantry

124

Corrigan, Michael

Union

Infantry

26th Regiment, New York Infantry

125

Corrigan, Michael

Union

Infantry

198th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

126

Corrigan, Michael

Union

Infantry

8th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry

127

Corrigan, Michael

Union

Infantry

23rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry

128

Corrigan, Michael

Union

Artillery

7th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery

129

Corrigan, Michael

Union

Infantry

6th Regiment, Ohio Infantry

130

Corrigan, Michael

Union

Infantry

18th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry

131

Corrigan, Miles

Union

Infantry

19th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry

132

Corrigan, Morrus

Union

Artillery

3rd Regiment, US Artillery (Regular Army)

133

Corrigan, Nathaniel

Union

Cavalry

11th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry

134

Corrigan, Nicholas

Union

Cavalry

1st Regiment, Nebraska Cavalry

135

Corrigan, Owen

Union

Infantry

4th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

136

Corrigan, Owen

Union

Infantry

139th Regiment, New York Infantry

137

Corrigan, Owen

Union

 

US Army (Regular Army)

138

Corrigan, Owen

Union

Cavalry

2nd Regiment, US Dragoons (Regular Army)

139

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Infantry

149th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

140

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Infantry

11th Regiment, New York Infantry

141

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Artillery

2nd Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery

142

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Infantry

37th Regiment, New York Infantry

143

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Infantry

90th Regiment, New York Infantry

144

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

 

1st Battalion, Louisville Provost Guard, Kentucky Volunteers

145

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Infantry

11th Regiment, US Infantry (Regular Army)

146

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Infantry

4th Regiment, US Infantry (Regular Army)

147

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Artillery

2nd Regiment, US Artillery (Regular Army)

148

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Infantry

5th Regiment, US Infantry (Regular Army)

149

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Infantry

4th Regiment, US Infantry (Regular Army)

150

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Cavalry

11th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry

151

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

 

Unassigned Veteran Reserve Corps

152

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Infantry

34th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry

153

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Infantry

7th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry

154

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Cavalry

1st Regiment, New York Provisional Cavalry

155

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Cavalry

10th Regiment, New York Cavalry

156

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Infantry

140th Regiment, New York Infantry

157

Corrigan, Patrick

Union

Infantry

158th Regiment, New York Infantry

158

Corrigan, Patrick J.

Union

Infantry

116th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

159

Corrigan, Patrick L.

Union

Infantry

82nd Regiment, New York Infantry

160

Corrigan, Peter

Union

Infantry

123rd Regiment, Ohio Infantry

161

Corrigan, Peter

Union

Artillery

1st Regiment, US Artillery (Regular Army)

162

Corrigan, Peter

Union

Infantry

46th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

163

Corrigan, Peter

Union

Infantry

174th Regiment, New York Infantry

164

Corrigan, Peter

Union

Infantry

163rd Regiment, New York Infantry

165

Corrigan, Philip

Union

Artillery

16th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery

166

Corrigan, Richard

Union

Infantry

10th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

167

Corrigan, Robert

Union

Infantry

94th Regiment, New York Infantry

168

Corrigan, Robert

Union

Infantry

195th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (100 days, 1861)

169

Corrigan, Robert

Union

Infantry

195th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (1 year, 1864-1865)

170

Corrigan, Silas

Union

Infantry

146th Regiment, New York Infantry

171

Corrigan, Terence

Union

Infantry

2nd Battalion, District of Columbia Infantry (3 months, 1861)

172

Corrigan, Terence

Union

Infantry

158th Regiment, New York Infantry

173

Corrigan, Terrence

Union

Infantry

34th Regiment, New York Infantry

174

Corrigan, Terrence

Union

Cavalry

5th Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army)

175

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

1st Regiment, California Infantry

176

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

16th Regiment, Maine Infantry

177

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

39th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry

178

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

88th Regiment, Illinois Infantry

179

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

82nd Regiment, New York Infantry

180

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

6th Regiment, New York Infantry

181

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

 

69th Regiment, New York State Militia

182

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

54th Regiment, New York Infantry

183

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Cavalry

22nd Regiment, New York Cavalry

184

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Cavalry

18th Regiment, New York Cavalry

185

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

189th Regiment, New York Infantry

186

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

187th Regiment, New York Infantry

187

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Engineers

15th Regiment, New York Engineers (New)

188

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Engineers

15th Regiment, New York Engineers

189

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

157th Regiment, New York Infantry

190

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

140th Regiment, New York Infantry

191

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

29th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

192

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Cavalry

3rd Regiment, Rhode Island Cavalry

193

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

8th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry

194

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

179th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (Drafted Militia)

195

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

20th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

196

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

12th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry

197

Corrigan, Thomas

Union

Infantry

6th Regiment, Maine Infantry

198

Corrigan, Thomas H.

Union

Artillery

3rd Regiment, US Artillery (Regular Army)

199

Corrigan, Thomas M.

Union

Infantry

6th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (35th Volunteers)

200

Corrigan, William

Union

Infantry

4th Regiment, California Infantry

201

Corrigan, William

Union

Infantry

39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry

202

Corrigan, William

Union

Infantry

37th Regiment, New York Infantry

203

Corrigan, William

Union

Cavalry

9th Regiment, New York Cavalry

204

Corrigan, William

Union

Artillery

1st Regiment, New York Light Artillery

205

Corrigan, William

Union

Infantry

11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

206

Corrigan, William

Union

Artillery

14th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery

207

Corrigan, William

Union

Infantry

7th Regiment, Maryland Infantry

208

Corrigan, William F.

Union

Infantry

32nd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry

 

Army:                          CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
Leader:                       Jefferson Davis
Commander:             General Robert E. Lee


No.

Soldier Name

Side

Function

Regiment / Company / Rank In-Out / Alternate Name / Notes

1

Corrigan, A.

Confederate

Infantry

48th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
Co. E / Private - Private / E./Corrigan

2

Corrigan, E.

Confederate

Infantry

2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry
Co. E / Private – Private

3

Corrigan, E.

Confederate

Infantry

48th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
Co. E / Private - Private

4

Corrigan, Edward J.

Confederate

Infantry

9th Regiment, Florida Infantry
Co. A / Private - Sargeant

5

Corrigan, James

Confederate

 

1st Regiment, South Carolina Militia (Charleston Reserves)
Co. A / Private - Private

6

Corrigan, James N.

Confederate

Cavalry

20th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry
Co. C / Private – Private / James Caragan

7

Corrigan, John

Confederate

Artillery

1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery
Co. B, I / Private - Private

8

Corrigan, Michael

Confederate

Infantry

1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Olmstead's)
Co. E / Private - Private

9

Corrigan, Morris

Confederate

Infantry

13th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
Co. A / Private – Private / Enlisted July 1, 1862 / Corinth MS Killed in action: Belmont, MO November 7, 1861

10

Corrigan, Owen

Confederate

Infantry

9th Regiment, Florida Infantry
Co. A / Private – Private / Died: March 26, 1864 Buried: Finn’s Point, New Jersey

11

Corrigan, P.

Confederate

Infantry

22nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
Co. I / Private - Private

12

Corrigan, P. M.

Confederate

Cavalry

3rd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry
Co. H / Private - Private

13

Corrigan, P.J.

Confederate

Cavalry

28th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
Co. A / Private - Private

14

Corrigan, Peter

Confederate

Infantry

D.J. Red's Company, Mississippi Infantry (Red Rebels)
Private - Private

15

Corrigan, Sample

Confederate

 

Waul's Texas Legion
Co. H / Private - Private

16

Corrigan, William

Confederate

Cavalry

15th Battalion, Arkansas Cavalry (Buster's)
Co. D / Private – Private / Paroled June 8, 1865 at Shreveport, LA

17

Corrigan, William

Confederate

Cavalry

Clarkson's Battalion, Confederate Cavalry (Independent Rangers)
Co. H / Private – Private / William Carrigan


AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
“Time will not dim the glory of their deeds” – General of the Armies John J. Pershing

The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) was established by Congress in 1923 to commemorate the service, sacrifice and achievements of U.S. Armed Forces where they have served overseas since 1917, and within the U.S. when directed by public law.

The ABMC commemorative mission is reflected in 24 overseas military cemeteries that serve as resting places for almost 125,000 American War Dead; on Tablets of the Missing that memorialise more than 94,000 U.S. servicemen and women; and through 25 memorials, monuments and markers.

The Commission maintains several databases, including:

Those interred at the American World War I and World War II cemeteries overseas.

The Missing in Action from World War I and World War II who are memorialized on Tablets of the Missing within the cemeteries and on three memorials in the U.S.

Those killed worldwide during the Korean War.

The Commission also has listings of War Dead and veterans of the Mexican War, Civil War and Spanish-American War who are buried at the ABMC cemeteries in Corozal, Panama, and Mexico City.


WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918


World War I - Monument

Of the 116,516 Americans that lost their lives during World War I, 30,921 are interred at our overseas American military cemeteries and 4,452 are commemorated on our Tablets of the Missing as missing in action, lost or buried at sea.  Below is a listing by cemetery showing the number buried and the number that were declared missing.

CEMETERY

BURIALS

MISSING

Aisne-Marne American Cemetery

2,289

1,060

Brookwood American Cemetery

468

563

Flanders Field American Cemetery

368

43

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery

14,246

954

Oise-Aisne American Cemetery

6,012

241

Somme American Cemetery

1,844

333

St. Mihiel American Cemetery

4,153

284

Suresnes American Cemetery

1,541

974

TOTALS

30,921

4,452

CORRIGAN CASUALTIES


Name

Rank / Service / Internment

Awards

Andrew B. Corrigan

Private First Class, U.S. Army
138th Infantry Regiment, 35h Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Missouri
Died: September 26, 1918
Buried at: Plot B Row 26 Grave 22
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Romagne, France

 

Charles J. Corrigan

Private, U.S. Army
80th Field Artillery Regiment, 7th Infantry Division

Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: September 30, 1918
Buried at: Plot A Row 24 Grave 9
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery
Fere-en-Tardenois, France

 

Fritts D. Corrigan

Private, U.S. Army
28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Kentucky
Died: May 28, 1918
Buried at: Plot D Row 4 Grave 2
Somme American Cemetery
Bony, France

 

John P. Corrigan

Private First Class, U.S. Army
114th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Texas
Died: October 12, 1918
Buried at: Plot G Row 34 Grave 4
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Romagne, France

 

WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

The World War II Memorial honors the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S., the more than 400,000 who died, and all who supported the war effort from home. Symbolic of the defining event of the 20th Century, the memorial is a monument to the spirit, sacrifice, and commitment of the American people. The Second World War is the only 20th Century event commemorated on the National Mall’s central axis.


World War II Memorial

CORRIGAN CASUALTIES


Name

Rank / Service / Internment

Awards

Charles F. Corrigan

Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service # 32908986
105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: New York
Died: 12-Jul-44
Buried at: Plot B Row 0 Grave 850
Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii

Bronze Star
Purple Heart

David W. Corrigan

Private, U.S. Army
Service # 16133432
259th Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division

Entered the Service from: Wisconsin
Died: 6-Apr-45
Buried at: Plot B Row 13 Grave 21
Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands

Purple Heart

Edmund F. Corrigan

Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service # 31004311
318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Massachusetts
Died: 15-Mar-45
Buried at: Plot H Row 4 Grave 79
Luxembourg American Cemetery
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Purple Heart

Edward Corrigan

Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 11030809
323rd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Massachusetts
Died: 4-Mar-43
Buried at: Plot B Row 34 Grave 41
Ardennes American Cemetery
Neupre, Belgium

Air Medal
Purple Heart

Emmett T. Corrigan

First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
Service # O1823568
507th Parachute Infantry Regt, 17th Airborne Division
Entered the Service from: New York
Died: 24-Mar-45
Buried at: Plot K Row 12 Grave 21
Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands

Purple Heart

Gardiner A. Corrigan

Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 13047732
63rd Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 24-Jan-46
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines

Purple Heart

George W. Corrigan

Seaman, Second Class, U.S. Navy
Service # 2247101
United States Navy
Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: 12-Oct-42
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines

Purple Heart

Gerald Raymond Corrigan

Quartermaster, Chief, U.S. Navy
Service # 1227345
United States Naval Reserve
Entered the Service from: Minnesota
Died: 28-Jul-42
Buried at: Plot M Row 1 Grave 143
Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii

 

James Thomas Corrigan

Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps
Service # 395357
United States Marine Corps
Entered the Service from: Ohio
Died: 30-Jul-44
Buried at: Plot N Row 0 Grave 472
Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii

Purple Heart

John A. Corrigan

Private, U.S. Army
Service # 32691576
6th Replacement Depot

Entered the Service from: New York
Died: 21-Jul-43
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii

 

Joseph L. Corrigan, Jr.

Flight Officer, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # T-126753
331st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Massachusetts
Died: 7-Oct-44
Buried at: Plot B Row 34 Grave 14
Ardennes American Cemetery
Neupre, Belgium

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Leo J. Corrigan

Fireman, Third Class, U.S. Navy
Service # 6535168
United States Naval Reserve
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 3-Jan-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at East Coast Memorial
New York City, USA

 

Raymond P. Corrigan

Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-743419
433rd Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group

Entered the Service from: Iowa
Died: 24-Sep-43
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines

Air Medal
Purple Heart

Richard A. Corrigan

Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-821458
41st Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group
Entered the Service from: New York
Died: 19-Oct-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines

Air Medal
Purple Heart

William H. Corrigan, Jr.

Motor Machinist's Mate, Third Class, U.S. Navy
Service # 7578275
United States Naval Reserve
Entered the Service from: Minnesota
Died: 11-Feb-45
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines

Purple Heart

Cemetery and Memorial Abbreviations:


AR-Ardennes

EP-Epinal

LO-Lorraine

NO-Normandy

BR-Brittany

FL-Florence

LX-Luxembourg

NO-North Africa

CA-Cambridge

HC-Henri-Chapelle

ML-Manila

RH-Rhone

EC-East coast Memorial

HN-Honolulu Memorial

NE-Netherlands

SR-Sicily-Rome

WC-West Coast Memorial

 

 

 


KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953

OUR NATION HONORS HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS
WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO DEFEND A COUNTRY
THEY NEVER KNEW AND A PEOPLE THEY NEVER MET
Dedication Stone


Korean War Veterans Memorail

The Department of Defense reports that 54,246 American service men and women lost their lives during the Korean War. This includes all losses world wide. Since the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. honors all U.S. Military who lost their lives during the War, we have tried to obtain the names of those who died in other areas besides Korea during the period June 27, 1950 to July 27, 1954, one year after the Korean Armistice. Accessible electronically at the memorial is a Honor Roll database where all 54,246 should be listed. Unfortunately, a fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri destroyed many of the records of service personnel and a complete listing is not available. To date, the database includes the names of nearly 39,000 service men and women who died during that period, including the 8,196 missing that are listed on our Honolulu Memorial.

As there has been no peace treaty, Americans who lost their lives in the Demilitarized Zone of Korea since the Armistice have been included. The 8,196 Americans who were Missing in Action or lost or buried at sea and commemorated at the Honolulu Memorial are included in the database at the Korean War Veterans Memorial.

The curb running along the northern side of the statues contains an alphabetical listing of the 22 nations that participated in the Korean War.  Seventeen nations provided combat units and five medical supports.  As the curb extends into the circular pool it has inscribed the following:

 

Killed in Action

Missing in Action

Prisoners of War

Wounded in Action

U.S.A.

54,246

8,177

7,140

103,284

U.N.

627,246

469,267

92,770

1,060,453

CORRIGAN CASUALTIES


Name

Rank / Service / Internment

Awards

Frank Corrigan

Cook, Illinois
Born 1932
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service Number 16310072
Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Died February 15, 1951 in Korea
Private First Class Corrigan was a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Chipyong-ni, South Korea on February 15, 1951. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.

Private First Class Corrigan was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Herbert Leo Corrigan, Jr.

Waterville, Maine
Born February 15, 1933
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
Service Number 1199955
Killed in Action
Died April 17, 1952 in Korea
Private First Class Corrigan was a member of Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea on April 17, 1952.

Private First Class Corrigan was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Thomas Francis Corrigan

Mechanicville, New York
Born December 2, 1932
Private, U.S. Marine Corps
Service Number
Non-hostile Death
Died September 23, 1951 in United States
Private Corrigan was a member of the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on October 21, 1951.

Private Corrigan was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.


VIETNAM WAR
1955 – 1975

 
The Wall

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial serves as a testament to the sacrifice of American military personnel during one of this nation's least popular wars. The memorial consists of three distinct sections. "the wall", the three service men statue and flagpole and the women in service to the Vietnam war statue. The purpose of this memorial is to separate the issue of the sacrifices of the veterans from the U.S. policy in the war, thereby creating a venue for reconciliation.

The Vietnam War (1955–75), was a protracted and unsuccessful effort by South Vietnam and the United States to prevent the communists of North Vietnam from uniting South Vietnam with North Vietnam under their leadership.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., known simply as 'The Wall', and was built in Constitution Gardens in Washington, D.C., through private donations from the public, and dedicated in 1982.

Also, standing near 'The Wall' is the Vietnam Women's Memorial and honours the military and civilian women who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War, and was dedicated over Veterans Day weekend on November 19-12, 1993.  Some of their names are with their brothers' on 'The Wall.'

CORRIGAN COMBATENTS


Name

Details

CORRIGAN, Michael Joseph

Sargeant - E5 - Army - Regular
101st Airborne Division
21 year old Single, Caucasian, Male
Born on Dec 25, 1946
From BURBANK, CALIFORNIA
Length of service 2 years.
His tour of duty began on Nov 12, 1966
Casualty was on Oct 04, 1968 in THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM
Body was recovered
Religion - ROMAN CATHOLIC
Panel 41W - - Line 4

CORRIGAN, Danny Joseph

Corporal - E4 - Army - Selective Service
25th Infantry Division
19 year old Single, Caucasian, Male
Born on Oct 16, 1947
From LANSING, ILLINOIS
His tour of duty began on Mar 24, 1967
Casualty was on Aug 20, 1967 in BINH DUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM
Body was recovered
Religion - METHODIST
Panel 25E - - Line 19

 

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Chapter 6

In Flanders Fields
The Wars
Canada – The Books of Remembrance
Commonwealth War Graves – Corrigan’s
United States of America – Corrigan’s