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Pvt William McElgrew

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Pvt William McElgrew

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
9 Dec 1862
Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia, USA
Plot
Louisiana, 12
Memorial ID
19210086 View Source

Company B "Jefferson Cadets", 14th Louisiana Infantry, 2nd Louisiana Brigade, Ewell's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Occupation: laborer; residence: New Orleans, La.; 23, single.
Enlisted for the duration of the war on June 3, 1861, at New Orleans, La., he was mustered into Captain Theodore McGinnis' Company, 1st Regiment, Polish Brigade. (This company eventually became Company B, 14th Louisiana Infantry.)
Present on all Rolls from June, 1862, to Sept & Oct 1862, when listed as Absent, wounded, in Hospital; badly Wounded In Action, Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg, MD.; hospitalized in C.S.A. hospital, Winchester, VA.; P.O.W., Dec. 2, 1862 when hospital captured by U.S. forces; died there of typhoid fever.

The 14th Infantry Regiment, formerly Sulakowski's 13th (1st) Regiment Polish Birgade, was organized at New Orleans, Louisiana, in August, 1861. Its members were recruited in New Orleans, Louisiana in August, 1861. Its members were recruited in New Orleans and Jefferson, Jackson, Concordia, Assumption, and St. James parishes.
It had 6 killed and 47 wounded at Sharpsburg.

Company B "Jefferson Cadets", 14th Louisiana Infantry, 2nd Louisiana Brigade, Ewell's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Occupation: laborer; residence: New Orleans, La.; 23, single.
Enlisted for the duration of the war on June 3, 1861, at New Orleans, La., he was mustered into Captain Theodore McGinnis' Company, 1st Regiment, Polish Brigade. (This company eventually became Company B, 14th Louisiana Infantry.)
Present on all Rolls from June, 1862, to Sept & Oct 1862, when listed as Absent, wounded, in Hospital; badly Wounded In Action, Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg, MD.; hospitalized in C.S.A. hospital, Winchester, VA.; P.O.W., Dec. 2, 1862 when hospital captured by U.S. forces; died there of typhoid fever.

The 14th Infantry Regiment, formerly Sulakowski's 13th (1st) Regiment Polish Birgade, was organized at New Orleans, Louisiana, in August, 1861. Its members were recruited in New Orleans, Louisiana in August, 1861. Its members were recruited in New Orleans and Jefferson, Jackson, Concordia, Assumption, and St. James parishes.
It had 6 killed and 47 wounded at Sharpsburg.

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  • Added: 3 May 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 19210086
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19210086/william-mcelgrew: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt William McElgrew (unknown–9 Dec 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19210086, citing Stonewall Confederate Cemetery, Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by BigFrench (contributor 46554304).