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Michael Kelly Lawler

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Born: November 16, 1814

Birthplace: Monasterevin County, Kildare, Ireland

Father: John Lawler

Mother: Elizabeth Kelly

Wife: Elizabeth Hart Crenshaw 1820 – 1908
(Buried: Lawler Cemetery, Equality, Illinois)​

Children:

Sina Elizabeth Lawler Evans 1842 – 1915​
(Buried: Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas)​
Raphael Edward Lawler 1858 – 1927​
(Buried: Lawler Cemetery, Equality, Illinois)​
Occupation before War:

Attorney in Gallatin County, Illinois​
Served in the Mexican American War rising to Captain​
Farmer and Mercantile Businessman in Gallatin County, Illinois​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 18th​ Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment​
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee​
1862 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​
1863: Served with distinction in the Vicksburg, Mississippi Campaign​
1863 – 1865: Served as Division Commander in Louisiana Dept. of Gulf​
1864: Served in the Red River Campaign​
1864: Served in the expedition to secure crossing of Atchafalaya River​
1865: Brevetted to the rank of Major General on March 13th​
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army​

Occupation after War:
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Attorney and Farmer in Shawneetown, Illinois​

Died:
July 26, 1882

Place of Death: Shawneetown, Illinois

Cause of Death: Softening of the brain

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place: Hickory Hill Cemetery, Junction, Illinois
 
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One source states that soldiers under his command at Vicksburg were the only ones to enter the Confederate works at the Railroad Redoubt where an American flag was planted by these same U.S. Troops.
 
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Michael Kelly Lawler: Mexican and Civil War Officer
J. T. Dorris
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
Vol. 48, No. 4 (Winter, 1955), pp. 366-401 (36 pages)
Published By: University of Illinois Press


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