Private Michael Dwyer

Michael Dwyer, a native of Ireland, settled in Cincinnati, Ohio after immigrating to the United States.  In 1854 he married Johannah Divine and they would have one son.  Working as a laborer before the war, the 32 year old Dwyer enlisted on October 4, 1861, joining a company then being raised for the 50th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  Following the consolidation of the 50^th with the 52^nd and 61^st regiments on April 23, 1862 Dwyer served as a private in Company F of the 61^st.  On November 25, 1863 he died of typhoid fever at the Marine Hospital in Cincinnati.  According to The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866 Dwyer was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati although his final resting place within the cemetery isn’t known.