About Thomas Toohey
Lived 1835 – 1918 (aged 82–83). Thomas Toohey was an American military personnel.
Thomas Toohey (January 1, 1835 – November 19, 1918) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor.
Toohey was born on January 1, 1835, in New York City. He joined the 24th Wisconsin Infantry from Milwaukee, Wisconsin in August 1862, and mustered out in June 1865. He died on November 19, 1918.
Medal of Honor citation His award citation reads:
For gallantry in action on 30 November 1864, while serving with Company F, 24th Wisconsin Infantry, in action at Franklin, Tennessee. Sergeant Toohey voluntarily assisting in working guns of battery near right of the regiment after nearly every man had left them, the fire of the enemy being hotter at this than at any other point on the line.
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Who was Thomas Toohey?
Union Army Medal of Honor recipient (1835–1918)
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Thomas Toohey was born in 1835 in New York City.
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Thomas Toohey died on 19 November 1918.
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Thomas Toohey was a military personnel.
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Thomas Toohey was American.
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