John E. Dooley, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS49
The John Dooley, SJ Papers contain reminiscences written between 1865 and 1873 detailing his service as a Confederate soldier in the First Virginia Infantry Regiment (1862-1863) and subsequent imprisonment at Fort McHenry and Johnson’s Island (1863-1865). Also includes an essay he wrote on secession (circa 1861), poetry (1870-1873), and a few pieces of correspondence (1860-1909). Materials are arranged in a rough chronological order except for the bound reminiscences in folder 8.
The John E. Dooley, SJ Papers are on deposit at Georgetown University and are the property of the USA East Province of the Society of Jesus. As stewards of the Archives, the Georgetown University Library’s Booth Family Center for Special Collections is responsible for managing access to the material based on policies set forth by the USA East Province. Researchers may view these materials in the Reading Room of the Booth Family Center for Special Collections. General policies for using Special Collections can be found here.
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John E. Dooley (1842-1873) was one of eight children born to John J. and Sarah Dooley of Richmond, Virginia, where John, Sr., was a Commercial Savings Bank officer and a director of the Virginia Insurance Company. In 1856 the younger Dooley entered the preparatory department at Georgetown College with his brother James, where they were members of the cadet corps and the debating society. James graduated in 1861 but John, who was supposed to be in the class of 1863, did not return to school in the fall of 1861. He instead joined the home guard in June 1862 and then the First Virginia Infantry Regiment (Company D) two months later as a private, participating in the Battles of Second Manassas, Antietam (Sharpsburg), and South Mountain.
In the spring of 1863 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant (Company C); soon thereafter, however, he was wounded and captured during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was subsequently imprisoned at Fort McHenry (Baltimore) and Johnson’s Island (Sandusky, Ohio); released on parole in late February 1865; and returned to his family home in Richmond. After traveling to Lynchburg and then to Charlotte, Dooley went to Washington, DC, and entered the Society of Jesus in September 1865. He was stationed at the novitiate in Frederick from 1865 to 1867 and, because of his declining health, at Georgetown from 1868 until his death in 1873.
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 box)
English
The collection was previously part of the University Archives (prior to 1970).
This collection was rehoused into acid-free boxes and folders in March 2024.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository