Richard Byrnes

Richard Byrnes
Born1832 (1832)
County Cavan, Ireland
Died1864 (aged 31–32)
Cold Harbor, Virginia, United States
Buried
Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York
AllegianceUnited States of America
BranchUSA Army
Service years1851 - 1864
Rank Colonel
Commands28th Massachusetts Volunteers; Irish Brigade
ConflictsIndian Campaigns: Florida, Oregon
American Civil War: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor

Richard Byrnes (1832 – June 10, 1864) was an Irish-American officer in the United States Army, who rose to command the Union Army's Irish Brigade during the American Civil War.

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