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116th-Pa. Fighting Irish

A Virtual Cemetery created by N.D. Scheidt

463 memorials

The 116th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, was recruited from among the Irish Americans of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the summer of 1862, by Capt. John Teed of Reading, Pa. Dennis Heenan served as its first colonel, St. Clair A. Mulholland as lieutenant colonel, and George H. Bardwell as major. At the end of August 1862, the regiment was ordered to report to Washington, D.C., and was assigned to the Irish Brigade, which was the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, II Corps, Army of the Potomac. The following month, it was ordered to the Shenandoah Valley, where it saw minor skirmishing. At the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, the 116th charged up Marye's Heights. Despite losing many of their officers and men, including Colonel Heenan, they remained at the wall until dark. The regiment had lost so many men that it was consolidated into a battalion of four companies under the command of Mulholland.

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Corp Jacob W. Adams

1830 – 2 Sep 1904

Civil War, Corporal, 116th Pa., Co. B

Frankford, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: Section: Q

Corp John Adams

1809 – 23 Mar 1885

Civil War Union Army Soldier. He was mustered in...

Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: Montgomery Section, Lot 12

Alexander Albert

15 Jan 1844 – 18 Jul 1904

Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA

Plot info: Sec ej

Robert J. Alston

1835 – 22 Nov 1900

Union Veteran of the Civil WarPrivate, Co. G,...

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: Div 1, Sec A, Range 3, Lot 24

Robert Lester Anderson

11 May 1830 – 4 Dec 1904

Harmarville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

William H. Barker

1843 – 4 Oct 1920

No stone was found in 2010, but cemetery records...

Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA

Plot info: Grace, Lot 307

PVT John Beilhartz

unknown – 14 Oct 1864

116th H , Pa.

Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA

Plot info: Section: H, Row: 10943

Rudolph Beiter

8 Mar 1840 – 23 Jun 1864

Son of Franz and Cecilia Ham Beiter Contributor:...

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Plot info: Section 13 Site 6246

Jacob John Benzino

22 May 1838 – 21 May 1909

Civil War Veteran Served as a private in Co. G,...

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: Section L, Lot 49½, Grave 3

Abraham Berger

9 Feb 1842 – 10 Jul 1898

Son of Abraham & Rebecca (Tomlinson) Berger....

Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: 6th Row - Left of grass road

Lieut William H. Bibighaus

1838 – 5 Aug 1863

Civil War Union Army Officer. He was mustered in...

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: Section G, Lot 240