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Pvt Lawrence Gilbert Patrick Hoey

Birth	:	28 Dec 1846 Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	22 Jan 1865 Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Salisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury, Rowan County, USA
Coordinate	:	35.6612282, -80.4746475
Description	:	Father: Richard HOEY* b: 15 SEP 1791 in Brannockstown Cross, Trim, Co.Meath, Ireland Mother: Ann KEEGAN* b: 1799 in Slane, Co.Meath, Ireland Lawrence, the baby of the Hoey family, was the only one born in America; Ann HOEY carried him during the voyage from Ireland on the ship "Albania" to Boston, Mass., while caring for her ten other children. Like brother Matthew, Lawrence overstated his age to join the Union Army during the Civil War. On December 22, 1863, at the age of 17, he enlisted at Charlestown and was assigned to Co. G, 28th... Read More	Father: Richard HOEY* b: 15 SEP 1791 in Brannockstown Cross, Trim, Co.Meath, Ireland Mother: Ann KEEGAN* b: 1799 in Slane, Co.Meath, Ireland Lawrence, the baby of the Hoey family, was the only one born in America; Ann HOEY carried him during the voyage from Ireland on the ship "Albania" to Boston, Mass., while caring for her ten other children. Like brother Matthew, Lawrence overstated his age to join the Union Army during the Civil War. On December 22, 1863, at the age of 17, he enlisted at Charlestown and was assigned to Co. G, 28th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry. A "Luke Thompson" signed as Lawrence's guardian and attested that he was 19 years old. His enlistment papers describe Lawrence as 5'4" in height, with blue eyes and brown hair. On August 25, 1864 Lawrence was captured at Reams Station, Virginia and sent to Belle Isle in Richmond, where Thomas Hoey was also imprisoned. In October Thomas and Lawrence, along with 7500 other prisoners, were sent to the Confederate prison camp in Salisbury, North Carolina, which consisted of an abandoned cotton factory. On January 22, 1865 Lawrence died of starvation there (one of the 3,479 prisoners to die at Salisbury between October 1864 and February 1865). His name (L.G. HOEY) is engraved on the Civil War monument on Natick common. "United States, Civil War Soldiers Index" name: Lawrence G. Hoey event: Military Service rank in: Private rank out: Private side: Union state (or origin): Massachusetts military unit: 28th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry company: G nara publication title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Massachusetts. nara publication number: M544 nara roll number: 19 film number: 881888"

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Where is Pvt Lawrence Gilbert Patrick Hoey's memorial?
Pvt Lawrence Gilbert Patrick Hoey's memorial is located at: Salisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury, Rowan County, USA.
When did Pvt Lawrence Gilbert Patrick Hoey death?
Pvt Lawrence Gilbert Patrick Hoey death on 22 Jan 1865 in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Pvt Lawrence Gilbert Patrick Hoey's memorial?
Latitude: 35.6612282
Longitude: -80.4746475

Family Members:

Parent

Richard Hoey Sr.

(1791 - 1866)

Ann Keegan Hoey

(1799 - 1870)

Siblings

PVT John Frederick Hoey Sr.

(1822 - 1865)

Christiana Hoey Fitzsimmons

(1823 - 1878)

Mary Frances Hoey Billig

(1824 - 1890)

Pvt Thomas F. Hoey

(1827 - 1889)

Pvt Michael Joseph Hoey

(1835 - 1872)

Pvt Matthew J. Hoey

(1844 - 1929)

Flowers:

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