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Dr James Madison McNulty

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Birth	:	17 Sep 1826 Chemung County, New York, USA
Death	:	23 Jun 1900 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
Burial	:	San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.7806587, -122.4570694
Plot	:	2nd floor, Section E, Tier 1, Niche 9 - 10
Description	:	Mexican War: Company I, 1st New York Volunteers Civil War: Surgeon, Field & Staff, 1st California Infantry; Medical Director, II Army Corps, Army of the Potomac James Madison McNulty was born in Chemung County, New York, September 17, 1826. He graduated from Geneva Medical College, New York, in 1846, and soon thereafter volunteered for service during the Mexican War. After the war he settled at San Francisco where he set up a medical practice and married Anna Eloise Belknap (1837-1901) on February 5, 1856. During the Civil War he volunteered for service and was commissioned a surgeon and... Read More	Mexican War: Company I, 1st New York Volunteers Civil War: Surgeon, Field & Staff, 1st California Infantry; Medical Director, II Army Corps, Army of the Potomac James Madison McNulty was born in Chemung County, New York, September 17, 1826. He graduated from Geneva Medical College, New York, in 1846, and soon thereafter volunteered for service during the Mexican War. After the war he settled at San Francisco where he set up a medical practice and married Anna Eloise Belknap (1837-1901) on February 5, 1856. During the Civil War he volunteered for service and was commissioned a surgeon and assigned to Field & Staff, 1st California Infantry. As Surgeon for the Department of New Mexico he wrote a descriptive report about "The Column from California" to his superior in the War Department (OR I.50-1.136; Orton, 67, 335; Heitman 1-680). He was transferred to the Army of the Potomac and assigned as Medical Director, II Army Corps, with service during the siege of Petersburg. Dr. McNulty resigned his commission in February 1865 and returned to San Francisco. After years of medical practice ill health late in life forced him to relocate to Santa Barbara where he filed for a Civil War veterans pension June 17, 1891. He remained at Santa Barbara until he died. His body was returned to San Francisco for burial by the Odd Fellows in the San Francisco Columbarium. After his death Anna filed for a Civil War widow's pension August 14, 1900, and a Mexican War widow's pension April 22, 1901, but died before she received certificate numbers. James McNulty was a member of the Society of California Volunteers, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS), and Grand Army of the Republic. --- When James Madison McNulty was commissioned surgeon of the First [California] Infantry, his friends presented him with a four hundred dollar set of surgical instruments. No doubt they were effectively used for when he reached Arizona he was appointed medical purveyor of the [military] district of Arizona. He assumed the office of medical inspector of New Mexico in September 1862 and spent many busy days at Fort Sumner. He was constantly in the saddle. In addition to his medical duties, he was president of the general court-martial and on the board to locate new posts. Not only did he administer to the needs of the soldiers but also to the Indians when they were placed on the Bosque Redondo reservation, New Mexico Territory. (Hunt, The Army of the Pacific, pp. 271-72) --- DEATH OF DR. McNULTY Santa Barbara, June 25 [sic, 23]. - Dr. J. M. McNulty, city health officer, formerly of San Francisco, died to-night, aged seventy-four years. The remains will be taken to San Francisco for cremation. He leaves a wife. (San Francisco Call, 24 June 1900, 16:3) Santa Barbara, June 25. - Mayor Storke has appointed Dr. F. M. Casal as city health officer to succeed Dr. J. M. McNulty, whose death occurred Saturday night. (Los Angeles Herald, 26 June 1900, 3:6) McNULTY-Entered into rest at Santa Barbara. Cal., June 23, 1900 James M. McNulty, M.D., beloved husband of Anna E. McNulty, a native of New York State. (New York, San Antonio and Seattle papers please copy.) Friends and members of the G. A. R. and Loyal Legion are requested to attend the funeral services this day (Wednesday), at 10 o'clock, at the chapel of the crematorium, Odd Fellows' Cemetery. (San Francisco Call, June 27, 1900, 11:3) DEATH OF COL. JAMES M. McNULTY The death of Colonel James Madison McNulty at Santa Barbara June 23, 1900, seems to deserve more than passing notice, as he was for nearly forty years a prominent man in our community. He was born in Chemung County, New York, September 17, 1826. He studied medicine and soon after graduation removed to San Francisco, where he practiced his profession until the breaking out of the war in 1861. He at once tendered his services, and after passing an examination was commissioned as surgeon of the First Regiment of California Volunteer Infantry August 15, 1861. He was ordered to report to General Carleton in Southern California and with the California column made the famous march from Drum Barracks [San Pedro, Cal.] across the deserts of California, Arizona and New Mexico, one of the most wonderful marches in history, and his report of this campaign made by order of General Carleton and published In the “Rebellion Records” is a complete and exhaustive record of the services of the volunteer soldiers of our State who were on duty with this army. He was promoted to be major and surgeon, United States Volunteers, February 19, 1863, and remained on duty in the Department of New Mexico as chief medical officer until September 1864 when he was ordered to the Army of the Potomac and assigned to duty as surgeon in chief, First Division, Second Army Corps, and was promoted to be medical director of the Second Army Corps, then in front of Petersburg, Va., November 6. 1864. He participated in all the Campaigns and engagements of the Second Army Corps from October, 1864, until he resigned February 15, 1865. He was brevetted lieutenant colonel for faithful and meritorious services as medical director, Department of New Mexico, and colonel for gallant and distinguished service as medical director of the Second Army Corps. Returning to San Francisco, he resumed the practice of his profession and for nearly twenty years was recognized as one of the first physicians of this city. Some fifteen years ago he was compelled by rheumatism contracted in the army to remove to Santa Barbara, where he lived quietly until his death. W. R. Smedberg. San Francisco, June 30. 1900. (San Francisco Call, 1 July 1900, 18:4) Biography by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

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Dr James Madison McNulty death on 23 Jun 1900 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
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Latitude: 37.7806587
Longitude: -122.4570694

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