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Michael Egan

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Name	Michael Egan
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	1816	Ireland
Military`^?`		Virginia, United StatesEnlisted, 15th West Virginia Infantry (Civil War)/Company B
Death`^?`	1888	Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

References

Egan, Michael. The Flying, Gray-Haired Yank: or, the Adventures of a Volunteer. A personal narrative of thrilling experiences as an army courier, a volunteer captain, a prisoner of war, a fugitive from southern dungeons, a guest among the contrabands and unionists, and finally, a skirmisher at the very front at Appomatox. A true narrative of the Civil War. (Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1888).

"Autobiography of Michael Egan (1816?-1888), an Irish immigrant to Lewis County, Virginia (later West Virginia). He was an officer in the Lewis County militia when the war began, and served with the Union army throughout the war. He died while en route homeward after attending a reunion at Columbus, Ohio of the Grand Army of the Republic of the United States.