James Nagle
Born: April 5, 1822
Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania
Father: Daniel Nagle 1802 – 1851
(Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, Pennsylvania)
Mother: Mary Maria Roerk 1798 – 1882
(Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, Pennsylvania)
Wife: Elizabeth Kaercher 1820 – 1900
(Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, Pennsylvania)
Children:
Private Emerguildo “Marium” Marquis 1836 – 1880
(Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, Pennsylvania)
Emma E. Nagle Bowen 1843 – 1918
(Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pennsylvania)
James W. Nagle 1848 – 1917
(Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
John Daniel Nagle 1851 – 1910
(Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pennsylvania)
Frank Lincoln Nagle 1860 – 1951
(Buried: Newton Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts)
Kate Anna Nagle Phillips 1865 – 1939
(Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pennsylvania)
Occupation before War:
Paperhanger and Printer in Pottsville, Pennsylvania
1846 – 1848: Served in Mexican – American War
Presented Silver Gold-Plated sword by Schuylkill, Pennsylvania
Painter and Paperhanger in Pottsville, Pennsylvania
1852 – 1861: Sheriff of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Member of Pottsville, Pennsylvania School Board
President of the Borough Council of Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of 6th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Served at Fort Monroe in Virginia
Served at Hatteras Island and Newbern in North Carolina
1862: Served in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General Union Army Infantry
1862: Helped carry Burnside’s Bridge at Battle of Antietam
1863: His Appointment as Brigadier General had to be renewed
1863: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers Infantry
1863: Examined and told he was suffering from Heart Disease
1863: Served with his regiment until resigning on May 9th
1863: Organized the 39th Pennsylvania Militia Regiment
1863: Colonel of 39th Pennsylvania Militia Regiment
1863: Mustered out of Service on August 2nd
1864: Colonel of 149th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Occupation after War:
1864 – 1866: Painter and Paperhanger in Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Died: August 22, 1866
Place of Death: Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Valvular Heart Disease
Age at time of Death: 44 years old
Burial Place: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, Pennsylvania
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