Tip o’ the hat to my Irish ancestors
First of three posts on my Dempsey ancestors in Civil War Baltimore. In 1865 — while my Union Army ancestor Pvt. Arthur Bull was on duty at Bermuda Hundred, Va. — my Irish ancestors William Patrick and...
View Article1865: The Dempsey twins are born
Second of three posts on my Dempsey ancestors in Civil War Baltimore. During the final months of the U.S. Civil War, my Irish immigrant great, great grandparents William Patrick and Katherine Dempsey...
View ArticleMy Dempsey ancestors in Civil War Baltimore
Last of three posts on my Dempsey ancestors in Civil War Baltimore. During the U.S. Civil War, Baltimore, Maryland — home of my Irish immigrant great, great grandparents Katherine and William Patrick...
View ArticleMourning President Lincoln
My great, great grandfather Union Pvt. Arthur Bull was convalescing in the U.S. General Hospital at Fortress Monroe — 150 years ago this week — when he learned of the assassination of U.S. President...
View ArticleFirst Blogiversary: A one-gun salute
Today is the First Blogiversary of Molly’s Canopy — the family history blog that I launched on 24 April 2014 to begin sharing the stories of my ancestors and the roads I traveled to find them. In...
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