Name: Thomas Flannery
son of Thomas and Bridget (née Delahunty) Flannery
Born: 17th October 1840 in Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died: 16th February 1923 in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Enlisted: 9th July 1862 and mustered in on 5th August 1862 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Discharged: 2nd July 1865 and mustered out on 3rd September 1865 in Readville, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Unit(s): Company B, 33rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which became part of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Corps, Army of the Potomac, and eventually became part of the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Corps, Army of Georgia
Commanding Officer / General: Col. Alberto C. Maggi / Gen. Joseph Hooker
Unit Battle History: Chancellorsville, GA; Brandy Station and Beverly Ford, VA; Gettysburg, PA; Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, TN; Resca, Cassville, Dallas, and Kenesaw Mountain, GA; siege and occupation of Atlanta, GA; the 'March to the Sea' and occupation of Savannah, GA; and the 'Campaign of the Carolinas' including Averysboro, Bentonville, and Raleigh, NC
Notes: (if any)
Physical description: 5' 7" tall, dark complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, occupation: weaver
Rank: Enlisted as Private; discharged as Private
Wounds: none recorded
Pension info: Thomas filed for a pension on 20th January 1888 (Application #636601; Certificate #484447). He received a US Pension of $50 per month as a result of debilitating illnesses contracted during military service
Other: In 1864 he lost his military canteen and had to pay $0.41 before he could be discharged and collect his $200 bounty. He became a naturalized US Citizen on 11th March 1867 in Manchester, New Hampshire. He married Ellen Ann Collins on 13th June 1870 in Fall River, Massachusetts, where he settled and they raised a family of 9 children. A transcription of a 1911 newspaper article concerning his Civil War adventures can be viewed at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ussnei/FlanneryCW.htm
Acknowledgement
Data jointly furnished by James T. Flannery Jr. of Perrysburg, Ohio (great-grandson of Private Thomas Flannery), and by Walter H. Flannery of Hudson, Massachusetts (Flannery Clan researcher).
Sources include NARA microfilm ref. M544 roll 14, and M288 pension records index.