A Biography of Union county Soldiers. Veterans' Photographic Souvenir. (G.A.R)

COL. JOHN O'KEEFFE

COLONEL JOHN O'KEEFFE, joined the famous Sixty ninth Regiment, and continued with them for a time, when he was taken sick, and sent to the hospital at Hagerstown, Maryland. He remained there two months, and in the meantime Lee had surrendered and the war had closed. In 1868 he enlisted for service in the United States Army, underwent a competitive examination, and was made Second Lieutenant in the Second United States Cavalry. He re mained in the army until 1872, and then resigned. His field of operations was in Montana, Wyoming and Dakota. He was engaged in several battles with the Sioux at Powder River in 1869, received three wounds.He also received a gunshot wound at the battle of the Sweet War in 1870.