Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-15
JNO.C. DOUGHERTY DEAD.
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY IN DE-
PARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Had Served During Civil War in Penn
sylvania Regiment-Funeral
Tomorrow Afternoon.

Mr.. John Calvin Dougherty. special as
sistant attorney for the Department Of JUS
ttce. died at o'clock yesterday afternoon
at Garfield Hospital, after an illness Of
about six months. Mr.. Dougherty had been
down south on official business and upon
his return, about three weeks ago. went to
Garfield Hospital to undergo an opera
ton for carbuncle on his neck. The car
buncle resulted In a hemorrhage, from
which he died.
Mr.. Dougherty was born in Elizabeth, AL
legheny county. Pa, June %, 1872 He en-
rolled in the service Of the Union army
April %. 1861. as a private in Company G,
18th Pennsylvania Infantry, United States
Volunteers. for term Of three months
During this enlistment his regiment rem
dered service in guarding the Northern Cen
trail railway between York, Pa, and Balti-
more, Md. Upon the expiration Of his first
term he re-enlisted at Pittsburg, Pa, Au-
gust 26. 1861 in Company NJ Roundhead
Regiment. United States Volunteers, SUISSE
quently designated the Tooth Pennsylvania
infantry. He was appointed sergeant and
later promoted to be second lieutenant, and
then first lieutenant At the close of the
war he was promoted to be captain by hre-
vet of the United States Volunteers by the
president of the United States, for ''meri-
torious services in the field"
His Military Record.
capt. Dougherty took part with his regt-
ment in the expedition against Hilton Head
and Beaufort, s. c., in October and Novem-
Der, lo31; battle of James Island, Charles
ton Harbor, June, 1862; campaign of Pope
in Virginia, June, 1862; including the bait
ties of Second Manassas and Chantilly;
-,aryland campaign under Mcclellan, in
Guiding battles of South Mountain and An
tietam, in 1852; battle of Fredericksburg,
Va, In December, 1862, under Burnside the
siege Of Vicksburg and battle of Jackson.
MISS, under Grant and Sherman, in the
summer OF 1858; siege of Knoxville, Tenn,
November and December, and in 1853 under
Burnside.
In January, 1854, with his regiment he re-
enlisted as veteran and was transferred
TO the Army of the Potomac and took part
In the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsyl-
vania Court House. Bethesda Church, Cold
Harbor, Petersburg, va, and other engage
ments. In the charge in front of Peters
burg, June IL, 1864, he received a gunshot
wound IN the left ankle joint, and while in
the Annapolis Hospital IN September %,
1854 he was mustered out of service on the
report of the recommendation of the board
of surgeons.
In January, 1865 he was appointed fore
man IN the quartermaster's department at
Giesboro. opposite Washington, and was
transferred in 1866 to the Qutrtermasters
office In the War Department. where he
served principally as clerk in the exami-
nation of war claims under the act of Con-
gress of July 4. 1864, until May, 1872, when
he resigned and was appointed assistant at
torney Of the department. In this capacity
he engaged in investigating war claims in
southern Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee
under Gems. Ekin, Damn and Carr. He also
served as special attorney for the Depart
ment of Justice, investigating claims in
eastern Tennessee, being appointed by At
torney General Garland in 1887 He was re-
appointed in 1889 by Attorney General
Miller and again reappointed in 1891 by him
to investigate Gains in Mississippi and Lou
| istana, and was serving in that capacity at
the time OF his Illness.
Funeral Services Tomorrow.
The funeral services will be held at 2
| o'clock tomorrow afternoon at st. John s
| Episcopal Church Rev. Roland Cotton
| Smith will conduct the services. The pail
| bearers will be selected from employees of
! the Department of Justice Interment will
| be made at Arlington. His wife, Mrs. John
| c. Dougherty who is residing with her
| nephew. Mr.. w. A. FitZsimmons at 357S
18th street northwest. survives him.
| The Military Order of the Loyal Legion
of the United States, United States Volun-
teers. Of which Mr.. Dougherty was brevet
captain, will attend the funeral in a body
and wear the insignia of the order.