b: 15 SEP 1791 in Brannockstown Cross, Trim, Co.Meath, Ireland
Mother: Ann KEEGAN***
b: 1799 in Slane, Co.Meath, Ireland
Lawrence, the baby of the Hoey family, was the only one born in America; Ann HOEY carried him during the voyage from Ireland on the ship "Albania" to Boston, Mass., while caring for her ten other children. Like brother Matthew, Lawrence overstated his age to join the Union Army during the Civil War. On December 22, 1863, at the age of 17, he enlisted at Charlestown and was assigned to Co. G, 28th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry. A "Luke Thompson" signed as Lawrence's guardian and attested that he was 19 years old. His enlistment papers describe Lawrence as 5'4" in height, with blue eyes and brown hair.
On August 25, 1864 Lawrence was captured at Reams Station, Virginia and sent to Belle Isle in Richmond, where Thomas Hoey was also imprisoned. In October Thomas and Lawrence, along with 7500 other prisoners, were sent to the Confederate prison camp in Salisbury, North Carolina, which consisted of an abandoned cotton factory. On January 22, 1865 Lawrence died of starvation there (one of the 3,479 prisoners to die at Salisbury between October 1864 and February 1865). His name (L.G. HOEY) is engraved on the Civil War monument on Natick common.
"United States, Civil War Soldiers Index"
name: Lawrence G. Hoey
event: Military Service
rank in: Private
rank out: Private
side: Union
state (or origin): Massachusetts
military unit: 28th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry
company: G
nara publication title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Massachusetts.
nara publication number: M544
nara roll number: 19
film number: 881888"
b: 15 SEP 1791 in Brannockstown Cross, Trim, Co.Meath, Ireland
Mother: Ann KEEGAN***
b: 1799 in Slane, Co.Meath, Ireland
Lawrence, the baby of the Hoey family, was the only one born in America; Ann HOEY carried him during the voyage from Ireland on the ship "Albania" to Boston, Mass., while caring for her ten other children. Like brother Matthew, Lawrence overstated his age to join the Union Army during the Civil War. On December 22, 1863, at the age of 17, he enlisted at Charlestown and was assigned to Co. G, 28th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry. A "Luke Thompson" signed as Lawrence's guardian and attested that he was 19 years old. His enlistment papers describe Lawrence as 5'4" in height, with blue eyes and brown hair.
On August 25, 1864 Lawrence was captured at Reams Station, Virginia and sent to Belle Isle in Richmond, where Thomas Hoey was also imprisoned. In October Thomas and Lawrence, along with 7500 other prisoners, were sent to the Confederate prison camp in Salisbury, North Carolina, which consisted of an abandoned cotton factory. On January 22, 1865 Lawrence died of starvation there (one of the 3,479 prisoners to die at Salisbury between October 1864 and February 1865). His name (L.G. HOEY) is engraved on the Civil War monument on Natick common.
"United States, Civil War Soldiers Index"
name: Lawrence G. Hoey
event: Military Service
rank in: Private
rank out: Private
side: Union
state (or origin): Massachusetts
military unit: 28th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry
company: G
nara publication title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Massachusetts.
nara publication number: M544
nara roll number: 19
film number: 881888"
Family Members
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PVT John Frederick Hoey Sr
1822–1865
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Christiana Hoey Fitzsimmons
1823–1878
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Mary Frances Hoey Billig
1824–1890
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Pvt Thomas F. Hoey
1827–1889
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William Hoey
1830–1894
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Catharine "Kate" Hoey Curwin
1834–1877
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Pvt Michael Joseph Hoey
1835–1872
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Pvt Richard Hoey Jr
1839–1899
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Pvt Richard Hoey
1839–1899
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Pvt James E. Hoey
1843–1901
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Pvt Matthew J. Hoey
1844–1929
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