http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 05 August 2012 COOGANs who enlisted in components of the Army of the United States between 1798 and 1914: ***Note - not a complete listing*** __________________________________________________________________________________ 04 JUL 1838 [#177] Coogan, John, age 22, born Cavan (Ireland) location: Philadelphia, PA occupation: laborer height: 5' 9" eyes/hair/complex: blue / black / light term: 3 years [enlisted by Maj. Graham] Notes: service with [Company W, 1st Dragoons ?] deserted 09 JUL 1838 @ Fort Leavenworth, KS __________________________________________________________________________________ 15 JUL 1840 Coogan, James, age 23, born Ireland location: Syracuse, NY occupation: laborer height: 5' 0" [or 5' 8"] eyes/hair/complex: blue / brown / fair term: 5 years Notes: service with ? discharged 16 MAY 1845 @ St. Augustine, FL (exp. of serv.) [re-enlisted - see below] __________________________________________________________________________________ 16 MAY 1845 Coogan, James, age 25, born Lienster (Ireland) location: St. Augustine, FL occupation: soldier [Corporal] (2nd enlistment) height: 5' 8" [or 5' 0"] eyes/hair/complex: blue / brown / fair term: 5 years [re-enlisted by Lt. Lee] Notes: service with Company E, 8th Infantry killed 08 SEP 1847 @ Battle of Molino [del Rey] (Mexico) [re-enlisted - see above] __________________________________________________________________________________ 06 FEB 1846 [#15] Coogan, William, age 20, born Queens County (Ireland) location: New York, NY occupation: waiter height: 5' 6 1/2" eyes/hair/complex: hazel / brown / fair term: 5 years [enlisted by Lt. Burke] Notes: service with Company [G & B], 4th Infantry discharged 30 NOV 1849 @ Fort Niagara, NY (surgeon's certificate), Private __________________________________________________________________________________ 08 AUG 1845 Coogan, Patrick Joseph, age 22, born Balinasloe (Ireland) location: New Utrecht, NY occupation: carpenter height: 5' 7" eyes/hair/complex: gray / brown / light term: 5 years (enlisted by Lt. Barry) Notes: service with [Company F] 2nd [Art.] discharged 07 AUG 1850 @ Fort Dallas, FL (exp. of serv.) Sergeant __________________________________________________________________________________ 02 FEB 1847 Coogan, John, age 22, born Monaghan (Ireland) location: Providence, RI occupation: laborer height: 5' 4 3/4" eyes/hair/complex: gray / brown / fair term: 5 years Notes: service with Company B, 3rd Artillery killed 08 SEP 1847 @ Battle of Molino del Rey (Mexico) __________________________________________________________________________________ 04 MAY 1847 Coogan, Peter, age ?, born ? location: NY occupation: ? height: ? eyes/hair/complex: ? / ? / ? term: ? Notes: service with Company E, 8th Infantry discharged 30 JUN 1848 (exp. of serv.) __________________________________________________________________________________ [c.1850 ?] Coogan, Thomas, age [29 ?], born [Kilkenny (Ireland)] location: ? occupation: ? height: [5' 5"] eyes/hair/complex: [blue / brown / fair] term: ? Notes: service with ? discharged ? [re-enlisted - see below ?] __________________________________________________________________________________ 18 FEB 1853 [or 1854 ?] Coogan, John, age 21, born Glasgow (Scotland) location: Chicago, IL occupation: teamster height: 5' 6 1/2" eyes/hair/complex: hazel / brown / ruddy term: ? Notes: service with Company [F or I], 5th Infantry discharged 23 JUN 1857 __________________________________________________________________________________ 19 AUG 1853 Coogan, Thomas, age 32, born Kilkenny (Ireland) location: New York, NY occupation: soldier (re-enlisted by ?) height: 5' 5" eyes/hair/complex: blue / brown / fair term: 3 years Notes: service with Company A, 4th Artillery service with Company F, 2nd Artillery discharged 19 AUG 1858 @ Fort Leavenworth, KS [re-enlisted - see above ?] __________________________________________________________________________________ 02 JAN 1854 [#1] Coogan, James, age 21, born Kilkenny (Ireland) location: Philadelphia, PA occupation: laborer height: 5' 6 1/2" eyes/hair/complex: gray / brown / fair term: 5 years [enlisted by Capt. Burbank] Notes: service with Company H, 3rd Artillery deserted 23 MAY 1856 __________________________________________________________________________________ 19 AUG 1854 [#14] Coogan, Thomas, age ?, born Kilkenny (Ireland) location: ? occupation: ? height: ? eyes/hair/complex: ? / ? / ? term: 5 years [enlisted by Capt. Howe] Notes: service with Company ?, ? __________________________________________________________________________________ 07 NOV 1854 Coogan, Thomas, age 25, born Queens (Ireland) location: New York, NY occupation: waiter height: 5' 8" eyes/hair/complex: gray / brown / ruddy term: 3 years Notes: service with Company [E ?], 7th Artillery died (yellow fever) 20 OCT 1858 @ Fort Brown, TX __________________________________________________________________________________ 20 NOV 1854 [#383] Coogan, Michael, age 26, born Kings (Ireland) location: New York, NY occupation: groom height: 5' 4 1/2" eyes/hair/complex: gray / dark / fresh term: 5 years [enlisted by Lt. Gardner] Notes: service with Company G, 2nd Artillery discharged 20 NOV 1859 @ Fort Mackinac, MI (exp. of serv.) __________________________________________________________________________________ 02 NOV 1855 [#779] Coogan, John, age 31, born Armagh (Ireland) location: Philadelphia, PA occupation: laborer height: 5' 4" eyes/hair/complex: brown / red / ruddy term: 5 years [enlisted by Lt. Flint] Notes: service with Company F, 1st Artillery died 05 APR 1856 @ Fort McIntosh, TX __________________________________________________________________________________ [c.1858 ?] Coogan, Henry, age 22, born Carlow (Ireland) location: St. Louis, MO occupation: teamster height: 5' 4 1/2" eyes/hair/complex: gray / red / fair term: ? Notes: service with Company G, 5th Infantry deserted 14 OCT 1858 __________________________________________________________________________________ 04 SEP 1858 [#490] Coogan, Thomas, age 37, born Kilkenny (Ireland) location: New York, NY occupation: soldier height: 5' 5" eyes/hair/complex: blue / brown / dark term: 5 years [enlisted by Lt. Sweeney] Notes: service with Company E, 4th Artillery deserted 18 AUG 1860 ["died" crossed out] __________________________________________________________________________________ 20 NOV 1861 [#1062] Coogan, Richard, age 32, born County Kilkenny (Ireland) location: Pottsville, PA occupation: miner height: 5' 10 1/2" eyes/hair/complex: blue / sandy / fair term: 3 years [enlisted by Lt. Mecklenburg] Notes: service with Company G, 13th Infantry deserted 31 MAR 1862 __________________________________________________________________________________ 26 MAY 1866 Coogan, Nicholas, age 24, born County Louth (Ireland) location: Brooklyn, NY occupation: moulder height: ? eyes/hair/complex: brown / brown / light term: ? Notes: service with Company ?, 19th Infantry discharged 26 MAY 1869 @ Little Rock, AR [arrived 1848 aboard "John Ravenel" ?] __________________________________________________________________________________ 19 JUL 1866 [#1729] Coogan, Michael, age 26, born Dublin (Ireland) location: Brooklyn, NY occupation: postman height: 5' 3 1/2" eyes/hair/complex: grey / brown / [dark ?] term: 3 years [enlisted by Capt. Wolcott] Notes: service with 18th, 27th, 9th Infantry [deserted ?] 06 SEP 1868, [apprehended ?] 09 SEP 1868 discharged 26 JUL 1869 @ [Plumb Creek, NE ?] (exp. of serv.), Private __________________________________________________________________________________ 19 FEB 1867 [#344] Coogan, Peter, age 25, born Dublin (Ireland) location: New York, NY occupation: [h....man] height: 5' [3 3/4" ?] eyes/hair/complex: blue / brown / ruddy term: 5 years [enlisted by Capt. (France ?)] Notes: service with 37th Inf. and 5th Inf. discharged 19 FEB 1870 @ Fort Reynolds, [TN ?] (exp. of serv.), Private __________________________________________________________________________________ 23 JUL 1869 [#410] Coogan, Nicholas, age 27, born County Louth (Ireland) location: Fort Hamilton, [?] occupation: soldier height: 5' 9" eyes/hair/complex: gray / brown / fair term: 5 years [enlisted by Lt. Hall] Notes: service with Company C, [..] Artillery deserted 19 NOV 1869, surrendered 24 NOV 1869, deserted 08 FEB 1871, apprehended 27 JAN 1872, deserted 17 JUL 1872, apprehended [25] AUG 1872, deserted [02] MAY 1873, apprehended 25 AUG 1873, deserted 27 NOV 1874, apprehended 30 NOV 1874 dishonorably discharged [02] FEB 1875 @ [St. Augustine, FL ?], Private __________________________________________________________________________________ 01 AUG 1870 [#910] Coogan, Michael, age 40, born Kings County (Ireland) location: Fort [Wrang, LA ?] occupation: soldier height: 5' 4 1/2" eyes/hair/complex: gray / brown / [fresh ?] term: 5 years [re-enlisted by Lt. (Barrows ?)] Notes: service with Company Y, 2nd Artillery servuce wutg Company J., [G. J. M. ?] discharged 30 DEC 1873 @ Raleigh, NC [a.. C. S. ?] __________________________________________________________________________________ 24 JAN 1881 Coogan, Sylvester, age 21, born Wareham (MA) location: Newport, RI occupation: laborer height: 5' 9 1/2" eyes/hair/complex: hazel / black / dark term: ? Notes: service with ? discharged ? __________________________________________________________________________________ 08 MAY 1882 Coogan, Victor Albert, age ?, born ? location: Albany, NY occupation: ? height: ? eyes/hair/complex: ? / ? / ? term: ? Notes: service with Company D, 8th Infantry participated in Indian Wars (Apache Campaign) in AZ and WY discharged 08 MAY 1887 __________________________________________________________________________________ 13 JUL 1882 Coogan, Thomas [JR], age ?, born ? location: Albany, NY occupation: ? height: ? eyes/hair/complex: ? / ? / ? term: ? Notes: service with Company D, 8th Infantry discharged 10 AUG 1885 (disability - "disease of lungs") died 20 MAR 1886 between Lyons, NY and Clyde, NY (on a train, enroute to Albany) buried 22 MAR 1886, Clyde, NY ["head-board" only] __________________________________________________________________________________ 05 DEC 1888 [#710] Coogan, Joshua, age 23, born County Meath (Ireland) location: Philadelphia, PA occupation: laborer height: 5' 4 1/2" eyes/hair/complex: blue / sandy / fair term: 5 years (enlisted by Lt. Todd) Notes: service with Company C [or I], 4th Cavalry discharged 04 DEC 1893 @ Presidio, San Francisco, CA (exp. of serv.), Private, "Very Good" [re-enlisted - see below] __________________________________________________________________________________ 05 DEC 1893 [#642] Coogan, Joshua, age 28, born Meath (Ireland) location: Presidio, San Francisco, CA occupation: soldier height: 5' 4" eyes/hair/complex: blue / sandy / ruddy term: [3 years ?] [re-enlisted by Lt. Summerville] Notes: service with Company I, 4th Cavalry discharged 04 MAR 1897 (by General Order 80 ALFO '90) __________________________________________________________________________________ 23 NOV 1897 [#1556] Coogan, Joseph, age 21, born Kingston (NY) location: New York, NY occupation: laborer height: 5' 5 1/4" eyes/hair/complex: grey / dark brown / dark term: ? [enlisted by Lt. Fuger] Notes: discharged 22 NOV 1900 @ Asingan, B.S. (exp. of serv.) __________________________________________________________________________________ 27 OCT 1898 Coogan, William J., age 21 2/12, born (OH) location: occupation: height: eyes/hair/complex: term: Notes: __________________________________________________________________________________ 01 AUG 1900 Coogan, William J., age 22 10/12, born (NJ) location: occupation: height: eyes/hair/complex: term: Notes: __________________________________________________________________________________ 15 MAY 1901 Coogan, William P., age 23 11/12, born Roxbury (MA) location: Boston, MA occupation: brewer height: 5' 4 1/2" eyes/hair/complex: blue / brown / ruddy term: ? Notes: service with Company I, 11th Cavalry discharged 14 MAY 1904 @ Fort Sheridan, IL __________________________________________________________________________________ 31 DEC 1902 Coogan, William J., age 21 10/12, born (NY) location: occupation: height: eyes/hair/complex: term: Notes: __________________________________________________________________________________ 25 JAN 1906 Coogan, William P., age 28 8/12, born Roxbury (MA) location: New York, NY occupation: laborer height: 5' 4 1/2" eyes/hair/complex: blue / dark brown / fair term: 3 years Notes: service with Company ?, 23rd [F. A.] service with Company ?, 6th [F. A.] discharged [24 FEB 1909 ?] @ Fort Riley, KS [re-enlisted - see below ?] __________________________________________________________________________________ 02 JUN 1908 Coogan, William J., age 25 3/12, born (NY) location: occupation: height: eyes/hair/complex: term: Notes: __________________________________________________________________________________ 24 FEB 1909 Coogan, William P., age 31 8/12, born Roxbury (MA) location: [Fort Riley, KS or Fort Stoman, NY ?] occupation: [soldier ?] height: 5' 4 3/4" eyes/hair/complex: blue / dark brown / fair term: [4 years ?] Notes: service with Company E, 5th [F. A.] discharged 24 FEB 1913 @ Fort Sill, OK __________________________________________________________________________________ 18 JUN 1911 Coogan, William J., age 28 3/12, born (NY) location: occupation: height: eyes/hair/complex: term: Notes: __________________________________________________________________________________ 10 MAY 1912 [#980] Coogan, John, age 21 10/12, born County Kilkenny (Ireland) location: Fort [Howard ?], NY occupation: laborer height: 5' 7 1/2" eyes/hair/complex: blue / dark brown / ruddy term: 3 years [enlisted by Capt. Brown] Notes: service with Company E, H, C of 29th & 31st Inf. honorably discharged 13 MAY 1915 __________________________________________________________________________________ *** (1798-1914) http://search.ancestry.com/search/DB.aspx?dbid=1198 *** (1893-1897) NARA FILM T233-4 (US Army Register of Enlistments) ******************** location: occupation: height: eyes/hair/complex: term: Notes: