Patrick DeLacy
{{Short description|American soldier who fought in the American Civil War}}
{{Infobox military person
|name = Patrick DeLacy
|image = Patrick_De_Lacey.jpg
|birth_date = {{birth date|1835|11|25}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1915|04|27|1835|11|25}}
|birth_place = Carbondale, Pennsylvania, US
|death_place = Pennsylvania, US
|placeofburial = Saint Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pennsylvania
|allegiance = United States
|branch = United States Army
Union Army
|serviceyears =
|rank = Captain (Mustered out of the army as a lieutenant)
|unit = 143rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment - Company A
|battles =
|awards = Medal of Honor
Civil War Campaign Medal
}}
Patrick DeLacy (November 25, 1835 – April 27, 1915) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. DeLacy received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia on 6 May 1864. He was honored with the award on 24 April 1894.{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_af.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917052505/http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_af.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 17, 2013 |title=Civil War (A-L) Medal of Honor Recipients |accessdate=15 November 2013}}{{Cite web |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/2519 |title=Patrick DeLacy |access-date=15 November 2013 }}
Biography
DeLacy was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania on 25 November 1835. He enlisted in the 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was promoted from private to sergeant major to lieutenant before he was mustered out of the army in June 1865. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of captain on June 8, 1987, due to the efforts of Elizabeth Hicks Jaquinot.{{Cite web |url=http://www.patrickdelacy.com/why_last_union_captain.shtml |title=Patrick DeLacy "The Last Union Captain" |accessdate=2 December 2015}} He died on 27 April 1915. He earned his Medal of Honor on 6 May 1864 when he shot a Confederate color bearer and captured the flag of the 1st South Carolina Infantry regiment.{{Cite web |url=http://www.patrickdelacy.com/1989_dedication.shtml |title=Medal of Honor headstone dedication |accessdate=15 November 2013}}
He went back to Pennsylvania with his regiment in June 1865. He fathered two more children after the war, settled down, eventually becoming an older man in Scranton.
Active in Veteran's organizations, DeLacy served as President of the Medal of Honor Legion of the United States and Commander of the Pennsylvania department of the Grand Army of the Republic.
He died of pneumonia on April 27, 1915 in Scranton.
[Bates, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers]
Medal of Honor citation
See also
{{Portal|Biography|American Civil War}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.patrickdelacy.com/ Patrick DeLacy The Last Union Captain]
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Category:People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
Category:United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
Category:American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor