I came across a blog entry by Elektratig from New York who had seen an article in the September 13th New York Post about a ceremony to be held Sunday at the previously unmarked grave of Roderick Connelly in a Queens cemetery.
He was born in England in 1841 and signed up with the Marines in 1863 and won his Medal of Honor on January 15, 1865, at the battle of Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
After the war, he lived at 332 E. 22nd street and worked as a varnisher before dying in 1889.
A researcher from the Midwest came across this oversight and notified the New York Department of the Marine Corps League who were instrumental in marking the grave.
A personmade a comment to the Post article saying that they couldn't find his name listed among the Marine Medal of Honor winners in the Civil War, but did find a Henry A. Thompson (aka Roderick Connelly).
Way Overdue, But At Last. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
