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PVT William H McGuigan

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
22 May 1863 (aged 26–27)
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Civil War Veteran
Co G 9th Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
McGuigan, William H. Age 25. Residence Colesburg,Iowa, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted July 28,1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Killed in battle May 22, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss.
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No burial site listed. Based on others who died at Vicksburg, his body would be moved to Vicksburg National Cemetery after the war around 1867. By that time large numbers of headboards were vandalized or no longer legible. These soldiers were buried as unknowns.William is possibly among them.
Civil War Veteran
Co G 9th Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
McGuigan, William H. Age 25. Residence Colesburg,Iowa, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted July 28,1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Killed in battle May 22, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss.
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No burial site listed. Based on others who died at Vicksburg, his body would be moved to Vicksburg National Cemetery after the war around 1867. By that time large numbers of headboards were vandalized or no longer legible. These soldiers were buried as unknowns.William is possibly among them.

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