- Joined
- Aug 27, 2011
- Location
- Central Massachusetts
[West Jersey Press, February 18,1863]
Private Michael Mulvey of Co. K, left behind a wife and two young sons. On December 25th, 1862, Lt. John Trimmer, commanding the company, sat down to break the sad news to the bereaved widow:
We know little of private Michael Mulvey besides that he was the first man of the 15th New Jersey to lose his life in action. The regimental history gives a shortened version of the above newspaper report, noting only that "We buried him near where he fell." And there he doubtless still lies.
Sarah (Divers) Mulvey, and her two sons, Patrick (6), and James Henry (4) were granted a pension in March, 1863. Her pension ended when she remarried a few years later, but her sons continued to receive payments until they reached the age of 16. When Sarah's second husband passed away in 1908, she re-applied in the name of Michael Mulvey, and resumed receipt of $12 a month until her death in 1923.