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Patrick C. Lanning

Birth
Ireland
Death
7 Mar 1876 (aged 38–39)
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
Cemetery record: no location given
Memorial ID
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Note: his grave is unmarked and unrecorded.

On 29 Jul 1861 Patrick, a moulder, mustered into service with Company I, the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 26 years old.

Patrick was described as being 5 feet 6 and 1/2 inches, with blue eyes, light hair and a light complexion.

On 9 Nov 1861 Patrick C. Lanning was mentioned, along with 95 other men of the 15th Massachusetts, in a report of 9 Nov 1861 to the Webster Times, by F. Q. Robinson, concerning the aftermath of Ball's Bluff and reporting his status.

Patrick was promoted from Corporal to Sergent on Sept 17 for bravery at Antietam.

On 13 Dec 1862 Patrick was wounded at The Battle of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

On 14 Mar 1864 Patrick ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts at Washington, DC, due to disability from wounds, having lost his left arm.

He applied for a veteran's pension on 19 Mar 1864, received certificate number 13126.

On 7 Nov 1869, at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Northwestern Branch), Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Patrick was admitted. He gives a sister, Mary Eagan, sister, of Manistee, Michigan, as his next-of-kin

On 1 May 1872, at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Northwestern Branch), Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Patrick was discharged for desertion.
On 11 Aug 1872, Patrick was readmitted to the home.

He died unmarried on 7 Mar 1876 "while on furlough of concussion of the brain". He was 41 years old.
He was buried in Mar 1876 at Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, in an unmarked and unrecorded grave. His death was registered at the Soldiers' Home and in the files of Wood National Cemetery.

On 4 Jul 1907 Patrick C. Lanning was included on the Civil War memorial at Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, according to an article in the Webster Times.
Note: his grave is unmarked and unrecorded.

On 29 Jul 1861 Patrick, a moulder, mustered into service with Company I, the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 26 years old.

Patrick was described as being 5 feet 6 and 1/2 inches, with blue eyes, light hair and a light complexion.

On 9 Nov 1861 Patrick C. Lanning was mentioned, along with 95 other men of the 15th Massachusetts, in a report of 9 Nov 1861 to the Webster Times, by F. Q. Robinson, concerning the aftermath of Ball's Bluff and reporting his status.

Patrick was promoted from Corporal to Sergent on Sept 17 for bravery at Antietam.

On 13 Dec 1862 Patrick was wounded at The Battle of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

On 14 Mar 1864 Patrick ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts at Washington, DC, due to disability from wounds, having lost his left arm.

He applied for a veteran's pension on 19 Mar 1864, received certificate number 13126.

On 7 Nov 1869, at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Northwestern Branch), Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Patrick was admitted. He gives a sister, Mary Eagan, sister, of Manistee, Michigan, as his next-of-kin

On 1 May 1872, at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Northwestern Branch), Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Patrick was discharged for desertion.
On 11 Aug 1872, Patrick was readmitted to the home.

He died unmarried on 7 Mar 1876 "while on furlough of concussion of the brain". He was 41 years old.
He was buried in Mar 1876 at Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, in an unmarked and unrecorded grave. His death was registered at the Soldiers' Home and in the files of Wood National Cemetery.

On 4 Jul 1907 Patrick C. Lanning was included on the Civil War memorial at Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, according to an article in the Webster Times.

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