Timothy Deasy

Timothy Deasy
Deasy in his military uniform c. 1865
Personal details
Born	(1839-02-20)February 20, 1839 Farran, the Ring, Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland
Died	December 18, 1880(1880-12-18) (aged 41) Lawrence, Massachusetts
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America Union Irish Republican Brotherhood
Branch/service	United States Army Union Army
Rank	Captain
Unit	9th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	American Civil War Battle of Gaines' Mill Battle of the Wilderness Fenian Raids on Canada Battle of Fort Erie Battle of Ridgeway Fenian Rising of 1867

Timothy John Deasy^[1] (20 February 1839 - 18 December 1880) was an Irish survivor of the Great Famine who emigrated with his family to Massachusetts in the United States. He later became an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, as well as a revolutionary fighting alongside the Irish Republican Brotherhood in both Canada during the Fenian Raids and Ireland during the Fenian Rising of 1867. Towards the end of his life, he became involved in electoral politics in Massachusetts, becoming one of the few Roman Catholics elected at that time to the Massachusetts House of Representatives.