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Name; Alexander Bromley McTear
DoB: 25 Mar 1896
PoB; Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Occupation;
Employer;
DoD; 4 Aug 1970
PoD; Lemon Grove, San Diego County, California, USA
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Crypt Marker Inscription;
NAME AND YEARS ONLY
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Mausoleum Location;
Greenwood Memorial Park
4300 Imperial Avenue
San Diego
San Diego County
California USA
Postal Code: 92113
Phone: 619-264-3131
http://www.greenwoodsandiego.com
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Burial Location;
Greenwood Memorial Park
Mausoleum; Garden Court
Section; F-G
Tier; E
Crypt; E
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Source; Find-a-Grave Volunteer;
Roger Parrish #46959646;
Photographed; 2014.06.09.1151
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Biography; Alexander Bromley McTear (1896 - 1970)
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Name; Alexander Bromley McTear
DoB: 25 Mar 1896
PoB; Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Occupation;
Employer;
DoD; 4 Aug 1970
PoD; Lemon Grove, San Diego County, California, USA
(Source; Find A Grave Memorial# 130987549)
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Parents;
Father; Ellis McDonald McTear
DoB; 27 Jul 1862
PoB; Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Immigration Year:
DoD; 1921
PoD; Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
(Source; Find A Grave Memorial# 130987468)
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Mother; Addie Elizabeth (née Kennedy) McTear
DoB; 20 Dec 1868
PoB; Strong, Franklin County, Maine, USA
DoD; 1958
PoD; Massachusetts, USA
Immigration Year: N/A
(Source; Find A Grave Memorial# 130987334)
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Siblings;
Brother; Ellis James McTear
DoB; Jan. 18, 1898
PoB; Wollaston, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
DoD; 1 Nov 1973
PoD; Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
(Source; Find A Grave Memorial# 131083403)
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Sister; Rachelle Lucinda McTear
DoB; Oct. 31, 1902
PoB; Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
DoD; Apr. 15, 1993
PoD; Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
(Source; Find A Grave Memorial# 131083749)
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Maternal Grand Parents;
Maternal Grand Father; Alexander
DoB; Nov. 10, 1836
PoB; Maine, USA Sep. 19, 1916
MilServ; US Army
MilServConflict; US Civil War
MilServDates; 1861-1866 (Possibly as late as March, 1865)
MilUnit; Company E, 12th Maine Calvary, Union Forces
MilRankEntry; PVT (Private)
MilRankExit; PVT (Private)
MilUnitHist; OVERVIEW: (Source; National Parks Service; Soldiers & Sailors Database)
Organized at Portland and mustered
in November 16, 1861. Left State for Lowell, Mass., November 24,
thence moved to Boston December 30 and embarked on Steamer
"Constitution" for Ship Island, Miss., January 2, 1862, arriving there
February 12. Attached to Butler's Expeditionary Corps January to
March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf, to November, 1862.
Grover's Division, Baton Rouge, La., Dept. Gulf, to January, 1863.
2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. Gulf, to February, 1864.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Corps, Dept. Gulf, to July, 1864, and
Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to January, 1865.
District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade,
1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Army Ohio, to April, 1865. District of
Savannah, Dept. South, to April, 1866.
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SERVICE: (Source; National Parks Service; Soldiers & Sailors Database)
Duty at Ship Island, Miss., to May 4, 1862. Moved to New Orleans,
La., and duty at U. S. Mint till October, 1862. Expedition to Pass Manchac
June 16-20. Pass Manchac June 17. Expedition to Ponchatoula (Cos. "C," "D," "F")
September 13-18. Ponchatoula September 15. Moved to Camp Parapet
October 21, and duty there till November 19. Moved to Baton Rouge, La.,
and duty there till March, 1863. Operations against Port Hudson March 7-27.
Moved to Donaldsonville. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14.
Teche Campaign April 11-20. Porter's and McWilliams' Plantation at Indian Head
April 13. Irish Bend April 14. Destruction of salt works at New Iberia April 18.
Advance to the Red River April 20-May 20. Advance on Port Hudson May 21-24.
Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 8. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14.
Thibodeaux June 20 (Detachment). Surrender of Port Hudson July 9.
Donaldsville July 13. Moved to New Orleans August 12, thence to Ship Island, Miss,
and duty there till October. At Camp Parapet till January 3, 1864. Expedition to
Madisonville (Cos. "B," "F," "I," "K") January 3-7. Capture of Madisonville January 7,
and duty there till March 11. Ordered to New Orleans March 11. Veterans on furlough
April to June 16. Non-Veterans at Camp Parapet till June 16. Veterans moved from
Portland to New Orleans May 27, thence Regiment moved to Morganza, La., and duty
there till July 3. Moved to Algiers, thence to Fort Monroe, Va., July 13-20, thence to
Bermuda Hundred, Va., July 21. Duty in trenches at Bermuda Hundred till July 25.
Demonstration on north side of James River July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28.
Moved to Washington, D. C., July 31, thence to Tennallytown, Md., August 2.
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Berryville
September 3-4. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill
September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Cedar Creek till
November 9 and at Opequan till November 19. Non-Veterans left front
November 19, and mustered out December 7, 1864. Veterans consolidated to a
Battalion of four Companies. Ordered to Savannah, Ga., January 3, 1865, and
duty there till April, 1866. Six new Companies organized February and March, 1865,
and assigned as "E," "F," "G," "H," "I," "K." Mustered out in February and March, 1866.
Regiment mustered out April 18, 1866.
MilUnitLosses; Total 291
Regiment KIA;
3 Officers
49 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
Regiment DBD;
2 Officers
237 Enlisted men by disease.
(Source; National Parks Service; Soldiers & Sailors Database)
DoD; Sep. 19, 1916
PoD; USA
(Source; Find A Grave Memorial# 11473679)
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Maternal Grand Mother; Lucinda (née Shope) Kennedy
DoB; 5 Sep 1844
PoB; Illinois, USA
DoD; 14 Jan 1914
PoD; Franklin County, Maine, USA
(Source; Find A Grave Memorial# 43958067)
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Date: Friday, August 7, 1970 Paper: San Diego Union (San Diego, CA) Page: 41