Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-22
4JIMe MEAeHER,s RECORD.
He Served His Country Well ,socie ties Take Action-4EToilr of Funeral

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 He Served His Country We'll .Socie-
 ties Take Action Hour of Funeral
 Waterbury had but one Jim Meagher, said q prominent citizen to q reporter of the Democrat this morn ing, referring to the death of MT Meagher, .and he's gone from us. He was typical of class of Irish charac- ters that is fast thinning out, and mores the pity. He was as guileless as child, with the heart of a lion, and it will be many q day before we shall look upon his equal again"
 MT Meagher had unique war rec ord and when i'll the right mood he could tell interesting "reminiscences of his escapades while wearing the livery of Uncle Sam. He wars with General Harney at the rout of the Sioux In dians at Sand Hill on the Platte river in 1So5 and accompanied him on his expedition into Utah. and also in the opening up of the way across the plains from Mississippi to California. He was personally acquainted with Kit Carson and other men of that class whose names are familiar to the stu dent of American history, and loved to tell of how and under what circum- stances he fell in with them. He had a very creditab1e record as Union soldier. He served under Mcclellan all the way through the Penin- sula campaign and from Yorktown to Seven Pines, par ticipating at Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Gainess Mill and the other seven-day battles of Mcclellan near Richmond. l Afterwards he served under Burnside, man whom he knew well. and was among those who rushed up Marye's Heights at the time of Meagher's i famous charge of the Irish brigade. He l had a very vivid memory and could 1 tell with surprising accuracy the time 1 and place of the different battles he 1 figured in. He knew many of the men | who were prominent on both sides of l the great conflict between north and i south. among them Robert E. Lee, | Sydney Johnson who feil on the con- 1 federate side at Shiloh; General Lyon of Winsted. whose career was cut short at Wilson's creek in '61. and Gen. eral SedgwiclS. commander of the Sixth corps. who died while conducting the charge at SpottsylvaTlia. When speak l ing of these men tears would come to his eyes and al. times he would become l so filed with emotion that he scarcely could speak. This was especial 1v true with reference to Sedg- wick, with whom he had the honor of hearty handshake in Wash 1 ington short while before that dash
 ing Connecticut soldier went down to l death. Mir. Meagher had strong 1ilSA, ing for the men with whom he was 1 associated in the army and be- Iieved implicitly in the justice of the
 cause which they fought for and won.
 He was working in Canada at the
 time of the Fenian raid in s67 and had nothing but contempt for some so-caIl- cd Trishmen whom he met there He
 was present at gathering in Mon
 treal when Thomas Darcy McGee asked all present to swear allegiance to the crown and from that time to the
 day of his death if one wanted to hear
 MT Meagher declaim at his best all he
 had to do was praise McGee
 His knowledge of Irish affairs was
 marvellous Reared in the city of
 Dublin he had ample opDortunity of
 coming in touch with public men. con
 seauently he knew O'ConnelI, Duffy. Mangan, Davis. Mitchell, Smith O'Brien, Meaghe- and others who were prominent in Irish affairs from tho time of the tithe war to the days of the Young Ireland party
 Division No 1! A. o. H. held spec rial meeting in Hibernia nthalfy c. Al K. 1 block last night for the purpose of talk, l ing action. relative to the death of the Hate James Meaghers President Tal- bot called the meeting to order and ax- plained the object of the special session l The chairman also made a few re- ! marks regarding MT Meagher's excel ] lent character and long and honorable connection with the A. O. H. and eX-
 pressed the hope that his memory will
 always be held in the highest respect.
 love and admiration by those who had
 had ample opportunities of Knowing
 how zealously he had labered for the
 welfare of the organization in the days
 when the society didn't have the l strength it enjoys today Several
 others. notably John Stapleton, one of
 the charter members, spoke of MT
 Meagher, all referring to him as a man I of sterling character and great person. I al integrity The following were ap- l pointed to act i'll conjunction with I other societies in making arra1gemeHtss l for Mr Meagher's funeral and also Ito
 act as pallbearers: Christopher Tal-
 bot, Patrick Brennan, William Me l Grath, Patrick Mullen. James B. Rior- I dan. James Grant and Thomas I. Far
 reilly were appointed as a committee to draft suitable resolutions on the
 death of Mir Meagher. After the meet. I ing the society marclted in a body to 1 the Meagher residence on West Main
 street.
 The church committee of the Im- l maculate Conception church has ap- pointed the following from it's num- Der to act as bearers at Mir Meagher's
 funeral: William Milton, John H.
 Moran, J. J. McDonald and M F. Car mody
 At meeting of the Senior Temper
 ance society last night Henry R. 1 Byrnes, P. J. Kelly. James Eustice and Terrence Downey were appointed to
 act as pallbearers at MT Meagher's fu-
 neral.
 The funeral of James Meagher will take place from the family residence
 on West Main street tomorrow morn,
 ing at S:30 O'Clock, to the Immaculate 1 Conception church.