JOHN and PATRICK NULTY -- 2nd CAVALRYTWO BROTHERS IN THE 2nd CAVALRY - In 1829, a Michael McNulty andElizabeth Powell married in County Leitrim, Ireland. They came toRawdon, Quebec, about 75 miles north of Montreal, where their childrenwere born. When Michael died in 1860, the family split up to go lookingfor work -- some went to Massachusetts and some, including Elizabeth, toTiconderoga, NY.In the late summer of 1864, two of their sons gave up their jobs asminers and enlisted in the 2nd Cavalry. When they got to the recruitdepot, their enlistments were credited to Plattsburgh. Through aclerical error, Patrick was also credited with enlistment in the 25thCavalry. By November 15th, the company clerk discovered he was missingand recorded him as a deserter, when in actuality, he was with hisbrother above Richmond in northern Virginia.They patrolled and skirmished and reconnoitered with the Army of theShenandoah until March 1865, when the regiment was transferred to theArmy of the Potomac and went on the Appomattox Campaign. They weremustered out on June 5, 1865, in Alexandria, VA -- John as a corporal.The brothers returned to Ticonderoga where John married and remaineduntil he died in 1914. His wife, Elizabeth Meagher, died in 1878 and wasburied in St. Mary's Cemetery in town. According to the TiconderogaSentinel of December 3, 1914, John died of "a combination of hardeningof the arteries and miners consumption" at the home of his daughter. Hewas buried beside his wife.Patrick became a rolling stone after the death of their mother inTiconderoga in 1880. We find him in Minnesota and Colorado and Kansas.He was admitted several times to veterans hospitals and finally died ofnephritis at the Soldiers Home in Leavenworth, KS, in 1900. He wasburied in the Leavenworth National Cemetery adjoining the Soldiers Homegrounds. So far, we have found six soldiers who enlisted in ClintonCounty buried in this cemetery.
