JEREMIAH O'NEIL -- 96th INFANTRYFROM CHATEAUGAY TO CHICAGO - Jeremiah O'Neil's grandparents, EdmundO'Neil and Joanna O'Brien, and their children left County Limerick inIreland and arrived in the Churubusco area in 1833. Their son, Timothy,had a son, Jeremiah, who enlisted in the 96th Infantry in Chateaugay,NY, in October 1861. He served in Company A and was discharged fordisability in September 1862.On Nov 30, 1864, he enlisted at Buffalo, NY, for 3 years' service andwas mustered into Co M of the 15th Heavy Artillery. He took part in theBattle of Petersburg, where the regiment suffered 85 casualties. He wasin the Appomattox Campaign, was present at Lee\'s Surrender and wasmustered out with the regiment on Aug 22, 1865, at Washington, DC.About six months after his muster-out, Jeremiah married Mary JaneDunlop, who lived just over the border in Lancaster, ON. They weremarried in St. Patrick's Church in Chateaugay. In the late 1880s thecouple moved to Chicago, IL, to be with members of Mary's family, and hetook up a job as a watchman. On Oct 30, 1891, he received an ArmyInvalid Pension for his service in the Civil War and, following hisdeath, his wife Mary J. O\'Neil received an Army Widows Pensionbeginning on Sept 17, 1906. He was buried in the Mount Olivet CatholicCemetery in Chicago with many of his inlaws and, after receiving aWidows Pension until 1923, Mary was buried beside him.
