Myles Keogh, Irish-American officer (born 1840)

Myles Keogh

Irish-American military officer (1840–1876)

Myles Walter Keogh was an Irish soldier. He served in the armies of the Papal States during the war for Italian unification in 1860, and was recruited into the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving as a cavalry officer, particularly under Brig. Gen. John Buford…