James Dougherty

Gravestone of James Dougherty in Gettysburg National Cemetery

NPS Photo

Quick Facts

Significance:

1st Infantry, Company C

Place of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Birth:

1837

Place of Death:

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Date of Death:

July 3, 1863

Place of Burial:

Delaware, Row C, Site #1

Cemetery Name:

Gettysburg National Cemetery

Delaware, Row C, Site #1

James was born in Ireland around 1837, moving to Wilmington, Delaware and worked as a mason before his enlistment in 1861. On July 2, 1863 he suffered wounds to his right leg and left ankle. James dies the following day.

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