Soldier: Thomas A. O’Rourke, 2nd. Lieutenant
Regiment: 3rd. OVC
Company: M
Age: 24
Date Entering Service: Sept. 8m 1861, Monroeville, Ohio
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out on August 4, 1865 at Englefield, Tenn.
Battles in which he fought:
Bardstown, Ky. Oct. 4, 1862
Lexington, Ky. Oct. 7, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Stewart’s Creek, Tenn. Jan. 1, 1863
Middleton, Tenn. Jan. 31, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19-20, 1863
McMinnville, Tenn. Sept. 28, 1863
Shelbyville, Tenn. Oct. 7, 1863
Decatur, Courtland Rd., Ala. May 26-27, 1864
Moulton, Ala. May 28-29, 1864
Noonday Creek, Ga. June 20, 1864
Kenesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Vining Station, Ga. July 2, 1864
Peach Tree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 19-20, 1864
Lovejoy Station, Ga. Aug. 20, 1864
Other interesting information discovered:
Thomas O’Rourke was born in Ireland. He filed for a pension on May 13, 1892, in Ohio. No other information is known about him.
Date of Death: Unknown. Place of burial: Unknown
Adopted By: Researcher: Patrick Drouhard