Pvt. Michael Dougherty Monument (Bristol, PA)

Pvt. Michael Dougherty Monument (Bristol, PA)

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Pvt. Michael Dougherty Monument (Bristol, PA)

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https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Pvt._Michael_Dougherty_Monument_(Bristol,_PA)

Statue - standing soldier

Bronze

Pvt. Michael Dougherty Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Irish Immigrant-Civil War Veteran Bristol Resident Born in Donegal, Ireland May 10, 1844, Michael Dougherty came to Bristol in 1858. In August of 1862 he enlisted in the Union Army as a Private in Company B, 13th Cavalry, Pennsylvania 117th Volunteer Regiment. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for “Most Distinguished Gallantry in Action” at Jefferson, Virginia on October 12, 1863. Private Dougherty was confined in various Confederate prisons, including the infamous Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Upon his discharge in June of 1865, Private Dougherty returned to his home in Bristol Borough where he remained an honored and beloved citizen until his death in 1930. He is buried in the St. Mark Churchyard in Bristol.

Pennsylvania

Bucks

Union

Bristol

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