He was 34 years old when he was enrolled (5). He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (5).
He was 5 feet 6 inches tall, and had a fair complexion, light blue eyes, and dark brown hair (5). He had a scar on his left leg (5).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 18 September 1861 (1). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Captain Smith (5). He served in company C (1).
He was appointed corporal on 21 September 1861 (2, 3).
He was wounded on 13 December 1862 at Fredericksburg, Virginia (1).
He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg (9). He was then a corporal (9).
He reenlisted on 24 December 1863 as a veteran volunteer (1, 6). He was enlisted for three years, at Bealton, Virginia, by Lieutenant Swan (6).
He returned to duty from Brigade Headquarters on 2 May 1864 (7).
He was killed on picket, on 12 May 1864 at Spottsylvania Court House, Virginia (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10). His body was left on the field (4). He was then a corporal (1).
On 17 October 1868, his father, James Tearney, applied successfully for a pension (11, 12).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (James Tierney)
2 company C, List of non-commissioned officers, page 1, corporals (James Tierney [?])
3 company C, List of non-commissioned officers, page 2, corporals (James Tierney)
4 company C, register of deaths (James Tierney)
5 company C, descriptive roll, number 10 (James Tierney)
6 company C, untitled list, probably of status at muster out, entry 82 (James Tierney)
7 consolidated morning report, 91st Pennsylvania, 2 May 1864 (Corpl Teirney)
8 consolidated morning report, 91st Pennsylvania, 9 June 1864 (Corpl Jas Tierney)
9 Pennsylvania Memorial, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (James Tierney)
10 'The Ninety-first Pennsylvania volunteers', Philadelphia Inquirer 8 June 1864 page 3 (Jas Tierney)
11 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company C (James Tearney [sic])
12 pension index, by name (James Tearney [sic])
[I did not find an entry for him in the index on <www.ancestry.com> to the pension index by name (searched April 2007)]