First Sergeant Patrick Irwin, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on September 1, 1864 in Jonesboro, Georgia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company H, 14th Michigan Infantry. Irwin was about 25 years old.
3 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on April 28, 1896, 31 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of First Lieutenant.
Irwin was born in 1839 in Ireland — one of 258 recipients born in Ireland. His Medal of Honor is credited to Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Irwin died on February 6, 1910, at the age of about 71. He is buried at St. Thomas' Cemetery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Irwin is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 112 credited to Michigan.
Official Medal of Honor citation
In a charge by the 14th Michigan Infantry against the entrenched enemy, Irwin was the first man over the line of works of the enemy, and demanded and received the surrender of Confederate Gen. Daviel Govan and his command.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
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- 1839Born in Ireland
- September 1, 1864Act of valor — Jonesboro, GeorgiaAge about 25. Company H, 14th Michigan Infantry
- April 28, 1896Medal of Honor presented
- February 6, 1910DiedAge about 71.
- Resting placeSt. Thomas' CemeteryAnn Arbor, Michigan
Biography
Patrick Irwin (1839 – February 6, 1910) was an American soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Jonesborough in 1864 during the American Civil War.
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