Phillips Legion Infantry - Co F - The Lochrane Guards
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The following article appeared in the August 31st, 1861 edition of the Macon Daily Telegraph and explains the unique origins and nature of this company.
The Lochrane Guards
This noble band of patriots, all natives of the "Emerald Isle", under their worthy Captain, Jackson Barnes, full 80 strong, departed on yesterday morning, by the Macon and Western Railroad for Virginia. A large concourse of our citizens assembled at the depot to bid them farewell and wish them a safe return when the war is ended and peace declared; and as the train moved off, cheer after cheer went up for the gallant and the brave.
"There were sad hearts in many a home,
When the brave left their bower;
But the strength of prayer and sacrifice
Was with them in that hour."
Colonel Lochrane accompanied them. They expect to receive recruits at Atlanta, Calhoun, Dalton and other cities sufficient to increase their numbers to one hundred men, exclusive of officers. We are confident the warm hearted and generous sons of "Green Erin" will acquit themselves like men. They are adopted citizens it is true, but yield to none in devotion and love to the South - the sunny home of their choice. Irishmen naturally spurn wrong and oppresssion, and he who is found fighting against the South does grave injustice to the Celtic race. The members of the Lochrane Guards are,
"No hirelings trained to the fight
But men, firm as the mountains who will
Pour out their life blood like rain,
And come back in triumph and honor, or come not again."
It simply was not to be for this ill-starred company of the Legion. Although losing only nine men in battlefield related deaths, three men to disease and having another eight men disabled by wounds, they had significant attrition from other causes. Thirteen men were discharged for various health reasons. The officers had either resigned, died or been captured by the end of 1863. Thirteen men were captured in the fiasco at Fort Sanders, Knoxville on 11/29/1863 and were sent off to Rock Island. Once there, four joined the U S Army and went west to fight Indians. Seven men are clearly labeled deserters while eleven more simply disappear from the records. There are only four privates and a Sgt left as the Legion left Richmond in early April 1865 and headed west with the rest of the Army of Northern Virginia. Two of these were captured with most of the Legion at Sailors Creek on 4/6/1865. Only 1st Sgt R P Oneill and Privates James O'Neill and John Sweeney are still in ranks to surrender at Appomattox on 4/9/1865 as part of Co A.
Daniel A'Hern - Enlisted 1/1/1863, Captured at Falling Waters, Md. 7/14/1863, No Federal POW records, No further record, Strong possibility that this may be the man listed in the roster as Daniel Hearn
Jackson Barnes - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as Captain, Resigned 9/12/1862 due to poor health, Age 49 in 1860 Bibb County census, Born in Ireland
Michael N Barry - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 2nd Sgt, Discharged due to disability 9/1/1862, Age 34
Patrick Barry - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged due to hernia 9/25/1862, Age 35
Thomas Blake - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 12/5/1863 near Knoxville and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 5/23/1865, Born 1824, Died in Baldwin county 9/16/1891 and buried at Memory Hill cemetery there
John Bonner - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged due to respiratory problems 11/10/1862, Age 29
Francis Brady - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged due to poor health 9/23/1864
Robert Brown - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Went AWOL 7/20/1862 and never returned
Robert Bryce - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged 10/30/1862, Postwar pension application from widow Alathea states that he died in the spring of 1884 from the effects of rheumatism contracted in the service, Also states that he was so deformed from this ailment that his body could not be straightened out and a special coffin had to be built to accomodate his corpse
William Carey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, 12/2/1862 roll states "deserted at battle of Sharpsburg 9/17/1862 and not since heard from", No Federal POW or deserter records
William Carroll - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA (thigh) and captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Federal hospital record (Washington, D.C.) shows sent to Provost Marshall (for exchange) 10/16/1862, No further record
Daniel Caughlin - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Present on all rolls, Paroled at Farmville, Va between 4/11/1865 and 4/21/1865
Hugh Caughlin - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Released 10/17/1864 with notation" joined USA", Federal records show that he enlisted 10/17/1864 for one year as a private in Co E 3rd US Volunteer Infantry, Shown as born Roscommon Ireland, age 39, 5'8" tall with blue eyes and red hair, His enlistment credited to quota of Venango County, Pennsylvania and he was paid $100 bounty, Served in the west, Mustered out at Ft Leavenworth (Kansas) 11/29/1865
Terrence Caughlin - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged 10/30/1862 due to age and disability, Age 47, Born County Roscommon Ireland
Timothy Caughlin - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Drew clothes 11/27/1864, No further record
Bernard Conway - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Died 1/24/1863 at Richmond GH #2 from pneumonia
Patrick Corcoran - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged 11/25/1863, Age 30
Patrick Deignan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at Knoxville 12/3/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 6/17/1865, Age 27, Died at Columbus, Ga in 1896, Buried there at Linwood Cemetery
Richard Deignan - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 2nd Corporal, Shown as 4th Sgt on roll dated 12/2/1862, Captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Elected 2nd Lt 12/18/1862, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio until transferred to Ft Delaware prison 3/27/1864, Released 6/12/1865, Buried at Columbus Georgia's Linwood Cemetery
Francis Dever - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown as 5th Sgt on 12/2/1862 roll, Shown as 1st Sgt on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Enlisted in US Army for frontier service, Federal records show that he enlisted 10/6/1864 for one year in Co E of the 2nd US Volunteer Infantry, Shown as born Ireland, age 27, 5'6" tall with blue eyes and brown hair, His enlistment credited to quota of Warren County, Pennsylvania and he was paid $100 bounty, Promoted to Cpl 9/17/1865, Served in the west, Mustered out at Ft Leavenworth (Kansas) 11/7/1865
Andrew Dowd - Enlisted 8/1/1861, "Present" on roll dated 10/5/1864, No further record
James Dowd - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA (Face) 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg per casualty list in 7/30/1863 Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 6/17/1865, Age 33
James A Dowd - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown "absent sick" on roll dated 1/14/1864, Casualty list in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer for period 5/6/1864 through 5/16/1864 lists Dowd as KIA indicating that he died at Wilderness or Spotsylvania
Thomas F Downing - Enlisted 8/1/1861, "Present" on all rolls until captured 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg and imprisoned at Fort Delaware, Took Oath of Allegiance and released 3/31/1865, Oath states he is 5'8" tall with light skin, brown hair and blue eyes
John Doyle - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 3rd Sgt, MWIA (leg amputated) and captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863, Died at Middle Brook hospital near Knoxville 12/10/1863, Born in Ireland 1817, Father of Miles Doyle
Miles Doyle - Enlisted 8/1/1861, AWOL on 8/1/1862 roll, Discharged on surgeons certificate at Richmond 9/25/1862, Discharge lists age as 18, 5'9" tall with fair skin, blue eyes and light hair, Reason given is "debility due to long fever", Born 1843 in Ireland to John and Ann Doyle
Dennis Drew - Enlisted 8/1/1862, WIA 8/30/1862 at Second Manassas (left leg amputated), Disabled remainder of war, Age 30
Dennis Driscoll - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Served reliably through war, "present" on all rolls, WIA (left thigh & hip) & captured at Sailors Creek 4/6/1865, Released from Lincoln hospital, Washington, DC 6/12/1865, Oath states he is 5'6" tall with florid complexion, dark hair and blue eyes
Cornelius Duggan - Enlisted 8/24/1861, "Present" on 11/1/1861 roll, No further record BUT there is a high probability that this is the same man as Neill Duggan
John W Duggan - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 2nd Lt, KIA at Fox's Gap, Md. 9/14/1862, Death claim filed by widow Mary G Duggan
Neill S Duggan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, Newspaper casualty list shows severe wound to ankle, All further rolls show "disabled" or "at hospital", Listed on 10/31/1864 roll at Columbus Georgia Confederate hospital
William Fahey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, June 1862 roll shows "under arrest", Captured at Frederick, Md. 9/12/1862, Exchanged 10/2/1862, AWOL on rolls from 11/1/1862 through Feb 1863, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Took Oath and joins U S Army for frontier service, Federal records show that he enlisted 10/13/1864 for one year as a private in Co I 2nd US Volunteer Infantry, Shown as born Cork Ireland, age 28, 5'8" tall with hazel eyes and dark hair, Paid $100 bounty, Served in the west, Mustered out at Ft Leavenworth (Kansas) 11/7/1865
John Flanagan (Flanigan) - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862 (right shoulder), All further rolls show him absent at hospitals, Last shown on a roll at Liberty, Va. Confederate hospital 4/21/1864, No further service record, 1895 pension application from Bibb County claims disability due to wound which rendered right arm useless. Born in Ireland between 1820-1825, Pension records end in 1901 indicating he likely died that year
James C Flynn - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 1st Sgt, Discharged 4/15/1862 due to disability
Matthew Foley - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown as 2nd Corporal on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, 1st Corporal on Sept/Oct 1863 roll, Last shown on roll dated 10/5/1864 as "sick at hospital" but there are no hospital records for him, No further record, Born in Ireland in 1838, Filed for pension so known to have survived the war
James H Fullam - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Joined Legion band May 1862, "Present" on roll dated 1/30/1865, No further record
Patrick Furlong - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862 (wrist), Shown as 3rd Corporal on Jan/Feb 1863 roll and 2nd Corporal on Sept/Oct 1863 roll, All further rolls show "sick at hospital" Last shown on roll at Liberty, Va. Confederate hospital 8/4/1864, No further record
Richard Furlong - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Roll dated 12/2/1862 states "Captured 9/14/1862 at South Mountain and not heard from since, deserted" BUT no Federal POW or deserter records, No further record
Francis P Garey - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 2nd Lt, Resigned 7/20/1862 claiming paralysis of side
Patrick G Garey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA & captured at Fox's Gap, Md. 9/14/1862, Sent to Fort Monroe for exchange 12/18/1862, Discharged for disability 7/24/1863, Age 47
Richard G Gillespie - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA (arm & side) at Sharpsburg 9/17/1862, WIA (neck) at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, MWIA (leg amputated) & captured at Gettysburg, Died in Federal II Corps hospital 4 miles southeast of Gettysburg 7/8/1863, Body disinterred in 1872 and reburied at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia
Patrick Gleason - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Took Oath and joined U S Army for frontier service, Federal records show that he enlisted 10/13/1864 for one year as a private in Co H 2nd US Volunteer Infantry, Shown as born Limerick Ireland, age 25, 5'9" tall with grey eyes and dark hair, His enlistment credited to quota of Mercer County, Pennsylvania and he was paid $100 bounty, Served in the west, Mustered out at Ft Leavenworth (Kansas) 11/7/1865
Andrew Glenn - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 5th Sgt, Demoted to private and detailed to service as a boilermaker at Savannah, Ga. 3/22/1862 - 10/5/1864, Late 1864 rolls show him AWOL, No further record
Dennis Graham - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown AWOL on roll dated 7/20/1862 and on all rolls through 1/14/1864, Later rolls show "at hospital", No further record
James Haffey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 10/20/1864 at Harrisonburg, Va. and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 5/13/1865
Anthony Halligan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown as 2nd Corporal on roll dated 12/2/1862 then as 2nd Sgt on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, 1/14/1864 roll shows "at hospital", No hospital records, AWOL on all further rolls
Timothy Harrigan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown as 1st Corporal on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, Captured at Gettysburg 7/3/1863 and imprisoned at Fort Delaware, Took Oath of Allegiance and joined 1st Connecticut Cavalry
James Harvey - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Deserted 5/1/1862, Not clear if or when he returned but is not shown on 1862/1863 rolls, Declared unfit for service in 1864 and detailed as a shoemaker at Macon, Ga.
Daniel Hearn - (Some possibility that this may be the man listed earlier as Daniel A'Hern) - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Roll dated 10/5/1864 states "missing since 7/8/1863", No further record
Thomas Huban - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Sick at hospital 8/12/1862, All later rolls show same status, One hospital record showing him at Danville Confederate hospital 5/20/1863, No further record
John Hughes - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 6/20/1865, Age 32
John Kavanaugh - Enlisted 12/1/1862, May/June 1864 rolls shows "MIA 6/3/1864", July/Aug 1864 roll shows "hospital", Roll dated 10/5/1864 shows "hospital wounded", No further record, Postwar pension application from widow Mrs M A Kavanaugh states that he was shot in the hip at Cold Harbor and then burned to death when the woods caught fire
Patrick Keating - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg (left leg amputated), Died 3/6/1863 at Richmond GH #16 from after-effects of amputation
John Kelly - Enlisted 8/1/1861, MWIA & captured at Sharpsburg, Md. 9/17/1862, Died 9/23/1862
Joseph Kennelly - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Discharged due to hernia 9/21/1861
James Lawler - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 9/15/1862 in Maryland, Exchanged 10/6/1862, Discharged 11/18/1862
Walter Lynch - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Age 51, Discharged 10/31/1862 BUT later rejoins company, WIA (per casualty list in 8/12/1863 Athens Southern Banner) and captured 7/5/1863 at Gettysburg, Exchanged 8/23/1863, Shown AWOL on all later rolls, Paroled at Augusta, Ga. 6/2/1865
John McCabe - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Roll dated 1/14/1864 shows "absent sick", AWOL on all later rolls, No further record
William McCullough - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 4th Sgt, Deserted at Dublin, Va. 1/20/1862, No further record
Stephen McDowell - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Absent at home sick 10/1/1861, Deserted at Macon 6/1/1862, No further record
Bernard McEvoy - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Discharged due to disability 4/30/1862
Cornelius McGinley - Enlisted 8/1/1861, KIA at Sharpsburg, Md. 9/17/1862
Dennis McGovern - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Discharged 12/26/1862 but rejoined company later, Captured at Falling Waters, Md. 7/14/1863, Imprisoned at Old Capitol Prison in Washington, Took Oath 12/20/1863 and sent north, Oath states he is 5'9" tall with light skin, brown hair and blue eyes, No further record
Michael McGovern - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Shown "absent sick since battle of Second Manassas", Shown AWOL on all further rolls, He is listed on the Roll of Honor for conspicuous gallantry on July 2nd 1863 at the battle of Gettysburg, This would indicate that he returned to his company after the February 1863 muster roll was done, fought with it at Gettysburg and then disappeared before the next roll was done in January 1864, No further record
Patrick McGovern - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Promoted to 1st Lt 1/30/1862, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md. 9/14/1862, Exchanged 10/6/1862, Promoted to Captain 12/4/1862, Dropped from rolls for prolonged absence 2/24/1864, Buried at Columbus, Georgia's Linwood Cemetery 9/18/1895
William McGovern - Enlisted 8/1/1861 - Enlisted 8/1/1861, 5th Sgt on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, 4th Sgt on Sept/Oct 1863 roll, WIA & captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 (right arm amputated), At Louisville Federal hospital until sent to Fort Delaware 3/7/1864, Paroled from Fort Delaware 9/14/1864, In Richmond hospital 9/22/1864, Furloughed home disabled 9/26/1864, Born 9/15/1839, Arrived Columbus from Ireland in 1853, Died 11/12/1893 from pneumonia, Buried at Columbus, Georgia's Linwood Cemetery
Patrick McGuire - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA (head) at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, Furloughed home 12/15/1862, In hospitals thereafter until retired by Medical Examining Board 4/13/1864
Charles McIntyre - Enlisted 8/1/1861, "Present" on rolls throughout war, Paroled and released at Farmville, Va between 4/11/and 4/21/1865
Patrick McLane - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA (left side) 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg, Age 30 in 1863, WIA (right arm) at Spotsylvania and admitted to Richmond hospital 5/17/1864, Furloughed for 60 days on 7/19/1864, No further record
James Meara - Enlisted 8/1/1861 as 1st Lt, Disabled by accidental gun shot wound to knee October 1861, Resigned 1/13/1862
Joseph Mitchell - Enlisted 8/1/1861, WIA at Second Manassas 8/30/1862, Died 9/25/1862 in Danville hospital from pyemia (blood poisoning)
John A Moore - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Promoted to 2nd Lt 12/18/1862, WIA & captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863, At Louisville Federal hospital until sent to Fort Delaware 3/27/1864, Released 6/12/1865
Michael Murphy - Enlisted 8/1/1861, AWOL 6/30/1862, No further record
John Murphy - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Deserted at Bermuda Hundred 3/8/1865, Took Oath and sent to Oil City, Pa.
Thomas Nolan - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Died 11/5/1862 at Charlottesville, Va. hospital from typhoid, Buried University of Virginia Confederate Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
James O'Brien - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Joined Legion band in 1862, Last shown "present" on roll dated 1/30/1865, No further record
Dominick O'Byrne - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Died 9/8/1861 at Claytor's Tobacco Factory hospital, Lynchburg, Va. of typhoid, Buried Lynchburg City Cemetery #7 in 5th line of lot 178, Name shown in cemetery record as D O Byne, Age 28, Born in Ireland
Michael O'Connell - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Took Oath and joined U S Army for frontier service 10/4/1864
James O'Neill - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Last shown "present" on 1/1/1863 Co F roll, No further Co F record BUT there is a high probablity that this is the same man as James O'Neill who was a member of the Legion's Band, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865 as J Oneal of Co A
Robert P O'Neill - Originally enlisted in Co B 6/11/1861 as 4th Sgt, Transferred to Co F 4/20/1862 as 1st Sgt, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865 as a member of Co A
Felix Rush - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Captured at Knoxville 11/29/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Takes Oath and joins U S Navy 1/25/1864
Cornelius Shanahan - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Captured 11/29/1863 at Knoxville and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 5/20/1865
John Sweeney - Enlisted 8/24/1861, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865 as a member of Co A
Michael Walsh - Enlisted 8/4/1861, Roll dated 10/5/1864 shows "at home on sick furlough", All later rolls show same status, Captured at Macon, Ga. 4/30/1865
Michael S Walsh - Enlisted 8/21/1861 as 1st Corporal. Elected 2nd Lt 1/31/1862, Promoted to 1st Lt 12/4/1862, Captured at Gettysburg 7/3/1863 and imprisoned at Johnsons Island until released 5/12/1865, Age 26, Interesting document in his record shows that he applied to take the Oath of Allegiance for release in December 1864, This statement reads "Was born in Ireland and went to Savannah, Ga. in 1858 and was employed as a printer in the Savannah Morning News office at the commencement of the war. Voluntarily joined the C S Army in July 1862 (sic) as a private in which capacity he served about five months when the company elected him 2nd Lt. Served as such until December 1862 when he was promoted 1st Lt. Says that when the army fell back from the field of Gettysburg he concealed himself among some rocks for the purpose of giving himself up to the Federals which he done to the first ones he saw; that he wishes to take the Oath of Amnesty because he is tired of the C S service and does not wish to fight for the South any longer; that all his relatives reside in Ireland and he wishes to go there. Says he has one brother in the South who is under British protection; that he could have had the same protection had he waited longer before entering the Army. Is twenty five years of age." Obviously, his request was not acted upon as he was not released until after the war had ended.
Compiled by Kurt Graham
Phillips Legion
