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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Martin Thomas McMahon |
 | | He served with the Army of the Potomac all through the war, and at its close had attained the rank of brevet Major-General of Volunteers. |
 | | His brothers, John Eugene, and James Power, were also lawyers and soldiers and both held the command as colonels of the 164th New York Volunteers during the Civil War. |
 | | John was born in Waterford, Ireland, in 1834, was educated at St. John's College, Fordham, and died at Buffalo, New York, in 1863, from injuries received in the army; James was born in Waterford, 1836, and was killed while leading his regiment at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va. |
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