Thomas Toohey - Independence, Missouri - Medal Of Honor Resting Places on Waymarking.com

THOMAS TOOHEY was born on January 1, 1835 in New York City, New York. He later lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and served in Company F, 24th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on November 30, 1864, during the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee.

Sergeant Toohey’s Medal of Honor Citation reads:

“Gallantry in action; 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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Sergeant Toohey is resting in the Garden of Valor at the Mount Washington Cemetery in Independence, Missouri.

Armed Service: Army

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