He was born in 1836/37, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [sources: date: 3 (24 in 1861), 12 (40 in 1880), 16 (53 at death in 1892), 19 (24 in 1861). place: 3, 12]
When he enlisted, he was a carpenter. [source: 3]
When he enlisted, he was 5 feet 5-1/2 inches tall, had a light complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair. [source: 3]
He enlisted and was mustered into service on 28 August 1861. He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia Pennsylvania, by Captain Lentz. He was mustered into service as a private, in company E, by Colonel Reiff. [sources: 1, 3, 8, 17, 19 (27 Aug 61, 28 Aug 61)]
He is listed as a private on the company E muster-in roll, dated 9 September 1861, Philadelphia, Pennsylania. [source: 19]
He is listed on the company E muster roll, dated 31 October 1861, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [source: 19]
He is listed on the company E muster roll dated 31 December 1861. [source: 19]
He is listed as present on the January-February 1862 and March-April 1862 company muster rolls. [source: 19]
On 12 April 1862, he was quartered in a large house opposite the capital, in a room with Henry Mathers (E) and James Williams (E). [source: 18]
He is listed as present on the May-June 1862 company muster roll. [source: 19]
He was promoted to corporal on 1 May 1862, for soldierly appearances, replacing Louis Brophy, who had been promoted. [sources: 2, 3]
He is listed as a corporal, and present, on a special muster roll dated 18 August 1862. On the July-August 1862 muster roll, he is listed as present, promoted from private to corporal by regimental order. [source: 19]
He is listed as present on the September-October 1862, and November-December 1862, muster rolls. [source: 19]
He is listed as present on the company muster roll for 1 November 1862 to 28 February 1863. [source: 19]
He was listed on a special muster roll for 10 April 1863. The recapitulation shows that he was present. [source: 19]
He is listed as present on the 28 February to 10 May 1863 muster roll, and on the May-June 1863 muster roll.
He fought, as a corporal, at the battle of Gettysburg. [source: 5]
He is listed as present on the July-August 1863 muster roll.
He fought, as a corporal, at the battle of Gettysburg. [source: 5]
He is listed as present on the September-October and November-December 1863 muster rolls. [source: 19]
On 30 December 1863, Sinex reported that he was one of 38 men who had less than fifteen months to serve who were unwilling to reenlist. On 2 January 1864, he was transferred to the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry, while those eligible were on veterans' leave, by special orders no 177 (1 January 1864) and 30 (25 February 1864), headquarters, 2nd division, 5th Army Corps. [sources: 6, 7, 19]
He is listed on a detachment muster roll for January-February 1864, Camp at Warrenton Junction. [source: 19]
On the January-February 1864 muster roll, he is listed as temporarily transferred by special order 177. [source: 19]
He is listed as present on the March-April 1864, May-June 1864, and July-August muster rolls. [source: 19]
He mustered out on 9 September 1864 when his term expired, at Weldon Railroad, Virginia. He had last been paid to 29 February 1864. He was owed $22.45, and $100 in bounty. He was a corporal, in company E. [sources: 1, 3, 4, 8 (1864?), 11, 17, 19]
On the September-October 1864 company muster roll, he was reported discharged. [source: 19]
On 4 April 1878, he successfully applied for a pension. [sources: 10, 15]
In 1880, he was living at 1621 South Tenth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Mary, and children Charles, Mary, Cornelius, and Margaret, along with his in-laws. He was a carpenter. [source: 12]
In 1890, he was living at 1621 Tenth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The only Dennis Harrigan in the 1890 Gopsill's city directory was living at rear 245 Levant Street, and was a shoemaker--but based on his appearance in other censuses, that Dennis Harrigan is a different person. [sources: 8, 9]
He died on 6 January 1892, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of valvular heart disease. He was a carpenter. [sources: 14, 15, 16]
The funeral was held on Saturday from his late residence, 1511 [?] South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. High Mass was held at Annunciation Church. On 9 January 1892, he was buried at New Cathedral Cemetery. [sources: 14, 16]
On 22 January [?] 1892, his widow, Mary Harrigan, successfully applied from Pennsylvania for a pension. [sources: 9, 15]
In 1900, his widow Mary was living at 1500 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was living with her children Charles, Regina, Cornelius, Catherine, and Alice, along with a boarder. She had had six children, five of whom were living. Presumably the Margaret in the 1880 census is the sixth child, which would imply that the Regina in the 1900 census is the Mary in the 1900 census. [source: 13]
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster)
2 list of non-commissioned officers, company E
3 descriptive roll, company E, entry 41 (Francis D Harrigan)
4 company E, register of men discharged, number 23 (Francis D Harrigan)
5 Pennsylvania Memorial, 91st Pennsylvania plaque, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (F D Harrigan)
6 letter, Sinex to Marvin, 30 December 1863
7 consolidated morning report, 91st PA, 2 January 1864 (Harrigan)
8 1890 United States census, veterans schedule, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, supervisor's district [blank], enumeration district [blank], page 1, line 14 (F Dennis Harrigan)
9 1890 Gopsill's Philadelphia directory (Dennis Harrigan)
10 pension index, by name (Francis D Harrigan)
11 consolidated morning report, 91st Pennsylvania, 10 September 1864 (Corp Harrigan)
12 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 17, microfilm series T9, film 1166, page 251 B = 26 handwritten (Dennis Harrigan)
13 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1st ward, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 9, microfilm series T623, film 1451, page 111 B = 10 handwritten (Mary Harrigan)
14 death notice, D F Harrigan, Philadelphia Inquirer 8 January 1892, page 6
15 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company E (Francis D Harrigan)
16 death certificate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6 January 1892, #14545 [?] (Francis D Harrigan)
17 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Francis D Harrigan)
18 letter, Henry Mathers to his mother, 12 April 1862, in her pension certificate file (Harrigan)
19 compiled service record, E 91 PA (Francis Harrigan)
| line | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| street name | S Tenth Street | |||||||||||
| house number | 1621 | |||||||||||
| dwelling visit # | 241 | |||||||||||
| family visit # | 252 | |||||||||||
| name | Flynn Wm | - Margaret | - James | - John | - William | O'Brien William | Harrigan Dennis | - Mary | - Chas | - Mary | - Cornelius | - Margaret |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | M | M | M | M | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| age | 80 | 55 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 weeks |
| month born if born in year | June | |||||||||||
| relationship | Wife | Son | Son | G Son | Nephew | S in law | Daughter | G Son | G daughter | G Son | G daughter | |
| single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| married | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| widowed/divorced | 1 | |||||||||||
| married during year | ||||||||||||
| occupation | Fruit dealer | Keeping house | Carpenter | Trunk [?] maker | at home | Laborer | Carpenter | At home | at school | at home | at home | at home |
| months unemployed | ||||||||||||
| currently ill? | ||||||||||||
| blind | ||||||||||||
| deaf/dumb | ||||||||||||
| idiotic | ||||||||||||
| insane | ||||||||||||
| disabled | ||||||||||||
| school this year | 1 | |||||||||||
| can't read | ||||||||||||
| can't write | 1 | |||||||||||
| birthplace | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Penna | Penna | Penna | Ireland | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| father's birthplace | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| mother's birthplace | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland |
| line | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 |
| street | South Eight [sic] Street | ||||||
| house number | 1500 | ||||||
| dwelling number | 199 | ||||||
| family number | 225 | ||||||
| name | Harrigan Mary | - Charles | - Regina | - Cornelius | - Cathrine [sic] | - Alice | Flynn John |
| relationship | Head | Son | Daughter | Son | Daughter | Daughter | Boarder |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | F | M | F | M | F | F | M |
| birth date | Oct 1844 | Mar 1872 | Sept 1876 | Apr 1878 | Feb 1882 | Oct 1884 | Dec 1881 |
| age | 55 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 18 |
| married? | Wd | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| # years married | |||||||
| mother of how many children? | 6 | ||||||
| # of children living | 5 | ||||||
| birthplace | Ireland | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Ireland | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland |
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| occupation | Notion Goods | Saleswoman [illegible] | Salesman Clothing | At School | Printer | ||
| # months not employed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| # months in school | 10 | ||||||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| speaks English | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| owned/rented | R | ||||||
| free or mortgaged | |||||||
| farm/house | H | ||||||
| # of farm schedule | |||||||
HARRIGAN.--On the 6th inst., D. F. Harrigan.
The relatives and friends of the family, also the members of the Ninety-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Saturday norning, at 8.30 o'clock, from his late residence, No. 1511 South Eighth street. High mass at Annunciation Church. Interment at New Cathedral Cemetery.