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    Mary Gavigan

    Birth: 1827

    Death: unknown

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Wife of Owen Gavigan, Civil War Captain in the 19th NY regiment, mentioned by Frances Seward in a letter to Henry Seward, September 28 1862, as requesting a pass from Henry to see her husband, who 'mutinied' along with much of the 19th regiment, due to not being released after the 3 month draft period ended. Arrested in August 1861 as a result of this incident.

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Wife of Owen Gavigan, Civil War Captain in the 19th NY regiment, mentioned by Frances Seward in a letter to Henry Seward, September 28 1862, as requesting a pass from Henry to see her husband, who 'mutinied' along with much of the 19th regiment, due to not being released after the 3 month draft period ended. Arrested in August 1861 as a result of this incident.

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