http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/john-stacom-69th-nysm-on-the-battle/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Tue, 14 May 2013 19:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/john-stacom-69th-nysm-on-the-battle/#comment-20027 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:50:35 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9694#comment-20027 John or Johnny Stacom appears on another occasion in the Irish-American prior the Battle of Bull Run- he went to get a stars and stripes flag in Washington to decorate the camp, but was in a hurry and found he had been sold a secession flag! He quickly realised the mistake. He was born in New York; in 1860 he was 26 and lived in the 4th District, 6th Ward, working as a Liquor Dealer. He later joined Company E of the 73rd New York. He died on 13th May 1913 in the National Soldiers Home Virginia.

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