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