John Moore Cooney was born around 1832 in New York. On May 11, 1861, he received a commission as a 1st lieutenant in Company F of the 38th New York Infantry. He was promoted to captain on August 3, 1861, and he served as assistant adjutant general. He resigned on January 26, 1864. He died sometime after January 1864.
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Cooney, John Moore
1832
Conflict Side: Union
Role: Soldier
Rank in: 1st Lieutenant
Rank out: Captain
Rank highest: Captain
Gender: Male
Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
(6287) [writer] ~ John H. H. Ward General Order, 4 January 1863
New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.