I would be happy to send you any information you desire on my Great-Great-Grandfather, Jeremiah Patrick Deady. Jeremiah was born in Kerry County, Ireland on March 3, 1841. He arrived in the United States aproximately in 1851.

Jermiah Patrick Deady enlisted as a private on 05 December, 1861, at the age of 20, in the 82nd. Ohio Volunteer Infantry Company G. He was wounded in the thigh at Gettysburg on 01 July 1863 (estimated day), He was promoted to Full Corporal on 05 December, 1862 and mustered out of Company G on 24 July 1865 in Louisville, Ky.
It is said Jeremiah was fond of boxing, dancing and singing. He had dark hair, blue eyes and dark complexion. Age on 1870 census listed as 25.

1866 Nov. 8
Young (Father) N(icholas) R.: Kenton, Ohio
to Archbishop (John Baptist Purcell) of: Cincinnati, Ohio

He received Purcell's letters and thanks him for the solicitude he shows his parish. He hopes nothing will prevent Purcell from coming on Dec. 9th. He will have some baptisms of a few converts and a small Conformation Class, but will write in more detail about this later. He is going to New Reigle to aid the Germans. He used Dispensation for mixed religion again in the marriage of Jeremiah Deady, nephew of Mrs. Crowley, and Ann Rinehart. His sister's health is improving and she begs Purcell's blessing. He saw in an old family record that his elder sister received her First Communion in Washington City from Purcell. He asks for Purcell's blessing.

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82nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry
History
Organized December 31, 1861, under Colonel James Cantwell, it moved into West Virginia in January, 1862, and soon moved further east and operated against Stonewall Jackson at Cross Keys and Cedar Mountain. In August the Regiment was actively engaged in the second Bull Run battle, where Colonel Cantwell was killed. Colonel James S. Robinson then assumed command. The Regiment operated in the movements of the Eleventh Corps, and in April, 1863, participated in the battle of Chancellorsville with severe loss. In July it fought at Gettysburg and so severe was its loss that only 92 men survived. This little band brought off the colors safely. In September the Regiment with the Eleventh Corps was transferred to the Western Army, and assaulted Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. It marched to the relief of Knoxville, returned to Chattanooga, and in the spring of 1864 entered the Atlanta campaign, fighting with conspicuous gallantry through to the end. It moved with the 20th Corps to the sea, and through the Carolinas, on to Richmond and Washington, passed in review and then proceeded to Louisville. It was mustered out July 29, 1865.

compiled by Larry Stevens
References for this Unit

* see also Bibliography of State-Wide References
* Ohio In The War-Volume II. Whitelaw Reid. Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. Cincinnati 1868
* Campaigning in the Mountain Department. Alfred E. Lee. Mag Am Hist 15. 1885. pp. 391-96, 483-91 & 590-95. 21 photocopied pages. Per. USAMHI. Carlisle Barracks. PA.
* Cedar Mountain. Alfred E. Lee. Mag Am Hist 16. 1886. pp. 81-88 & 159-67. 17 photocopied pages. Per. USAMHI. Carlisle Barracks. PA.
* From Cedar Mountain to Chantilly. Alfred E. Lee. Mag Am Hist 16. 1886. pp. 266-82, 370-86, 467-82 & 574-85. 62 photocopied pages. Per. USAMHI. Carlisle Barracks. PA.
* The Battle of Gettysburg. By Alfred E. Lee, late A.A.A. General, First Brigade, Third Division, Eleventh Army Corps,.....and Secretary of the Gettysburg Memorial Commission of Ohio. Alfred E. Lee. A.H. Smythe. Columbus. Ohio. 1888
* Letter. August 29, 1864. Oliver E. Rea. Corp. Co. H. 82nd O.V.I. Published in The National Tribune. January 27, 1898
* With an Empty Gun. by Pvt. Delano J. Morey. Co B. 82nd OVI. On pg. 32 of Deeds of Valor: How America's Civil War Heroes Won the Medal of Honor. Edited by W.F. Beyer and O.F. Keydel. 558 pgs. Perrien-Keydel Co. Detroit. Michigan. 1903: Reprint of above by Longmeadow Press. Stamford. CT. 1992
* History of Jerome Township. Union County, Ohio. by W.L. Curry. Press of Edward T. Miller Co. Columbus. Ohio. 1913. Contains a history of the 82nd OVI on pgs 114-117.
* McDowell: Our Little Band of Heroes. Ephriam Hutchinson. CWTI. 21. Sep 1982. pp. 38-39. 2 photocopied pages. Per. USAMHI. Carlisle Barracks. PA.
* Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995
* Asa Baldwin Letter Collection. Asa Baldwin. 82nd OVI. 5 letters. Call Number. Ms88-079. Special Collections Department. University Libraries. Virginia Tech. Blacksburg. VA. 1997
* National Colors of the 82nd O.V.I. Painting and Original Photo. Fight for the Colors. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio. 2000
* Buckeye Blood: Ohio at Gettysburg. by Richard A. Baumgartner. 254 pgs. Blue Acorn Press. Huntington. West Virginia. 2003

This monument signifies the location where the 82nd Ohio Infantry Volunteer Regiment stood north of Gettysburg. The monument faces in the same direction the soldiers faced to meet the on coming rebels from Georgia (4th, 21st, and the 44th Georgia Regiments).
The front inscription reads: THE 82D OHIO INFANTRY: ARRIVING FROM EMMITTSBURG AT NOON JULY 1, 1863, MOVED RAPIDLY TO THE SUPPORT OF DILGER'S BATTERY NEAR THE CARLISLE ROAD. AT 3PM, CHANGED FRONT TO THE RIGHT AND ADVANCED TO A POSSITION 125 YARDS IN FRONT OF THIS MONUMENT, WHERE EXPOSED. BOTH FRONT AND FLANK. TO A SEVERE FIRE. ENGAGED THE ENEMY THEN APPROACHING FROM YORK, AFTER AN OBSTINANTE THE REGIMENT BEING OUT FLANKED ON BOTH SIDES, WITHDREW TO CEMETERY HILL WHERE IT REMAINED UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE BATTLE.
The right side give the statistics of dead, wounded, and missing.
The front base reads: 82 OHIO INFANTY, ERECTED BY THE STATE OF OHIO, 2 BRIGADE 3DIVISION 11CORPS. Right side base: KRZYZANOWSKI'S BRIGADE 11 CORPS A.P. TYNDALE'S BRIGADE 11 CORPS A.P.
The date, July 1, 1963, is the date this first day battle of Gettysburg took place. The crescent moon placed there is the emblem of the 11th Army Corps in which they fought with. The monument was constructed and set up on the, 25th anniversary, July 1888 and attended with may survivors of that horrible day.