John McGilley (abt. 1832 - 1862)

John [uncertain] McGilley [uncertain]

Born about 1832 [location unknown]

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died 13 Dec 1862 at about age 30 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States

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1 Biography
- 1.1 before the war
- 1.2 during the war
2 Research Notes
3 Sources

Biography

before the war

He was born in 1832/33. ^[1]

during the war

He enlisted and was mustered into service as a private in company I of the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 17 October 1861. ^[2]

He was killed on 13 December 1862 at Fredericksburg, Virginia. He was a private, in company I. ^[3]

Research Notes

Since no record has been found for him in the pension index by unit (Fold3) or pension index by name (Ancestry), apparently no one applied for a pension based on his service.

Sources

↑ veterans card
↑ veterans card, Bates, compiled service record index
↑ Bates, veterans card, compiled service record index

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. John McGilley
Civil War Veterans' Card File, John McGilley, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 30 March 2005
index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania, two cards: (1) John McGilley (Fold3 (misindexed under 'Daniel McGilley')), and (2) John McGilly (Fold3)

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