McINNIS, ANGUS
Born in Cumberland County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Cumberland County at age 25, November 9, 1861. Mustered in as Sergeant. Present or accounted for until killed at Mechanicsville, Virginia, June 26, 1862.
The Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, aka the Battle of Mechanicsville, took place on June 26, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the first major engagement of the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign. The regiment lost thirty-six percent of the 420 at Mechanicsville.
Company K -The "CAROLINA BOYS" began at Longstreet Church. The company was created on November 9, 1861 in Cumberland County, a largely Scottish community in Western North Carolina. The Company was raised by Murdock McRae McLaughlin, age 28. It joined the regiment al Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, on January 30, 1862, and was designated Company K. "The Carolina Boys" of Company K contained more men with Scottish names, "the "Macs," than practically any unit in Confederate service.
Company K suffered significant casualties during the war. In fact, at the time of Lee's surrender of Army of Northern Virginia on Saturday, April 8th, at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia only seven men of Company K were left to lay down their muskets and return home.
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Born in Cumberland County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Cumberland County at age 25, November 9, 1861. Mustered in as Sergeant. Present or accounted for until killed at Mechanicsville, Virginia, June 26, 1862.
The Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, aka the Battle of Mechanicsville, took place on June 26, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the first major engagement of the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign. The regiment lost thirty-six percent of the 420 at Mechanicsville.
Company K -The "CAROLINA BOYS" began at Longstreet Church. The company was created on November 9, 1861 in Cumberland County, a largely Scottish community in Western North Carolina. The Company was raised by Murdock McRae McLaughlin, age 28. It joined the regiment al Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, on January 30, 1862, and was designated Company K. "The Carolina Boys" of Company K contained more men with Scottish names, "the "Macs," than practically any unit in Confederate service.
Company K suffered significant casualties during the war. In fact, at the time of Lee's surrender of Army of Northern Virginia on Saturday, April 8th, at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia only seven men of Company K were left to lay down their muskets and return home.
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McINNIS, ANGUS
Born in Cumberland County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Cumberland County at age 25, November 9, 1861. Mustered in as Sergeant. Present or accounted for until killed at Mechanicsville, Virginia, June 26, 1862.
The Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, aka the Battle of Mechanicsville, took place on June 26, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the first major engagement of the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign. The regiment lost thirty-six percent of the 420 at Mechanicsville.
Company K -The "CAROLINA BOYS" began at Longstreet Church. The company was created on November 9, 1861 in Cumberland County, a largely Scottish community in Western North Carolina. The Company was raised by Murdock McRae McLaughlin, age 28. It joined the regiment al Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, on January 30, 1862, and was designated Company K. "The Carolina Boys" of Company K contained more men with Scottish names, "the "Macs," than practically any unit in Confederate service.
Company K suffered significant casualties during the war. In fact, at the time of Lee's surrender of Army of Northern Virginia on Saturday, April 8th, at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia only seven men of Company K were left to lay down their muskets and return home.
Contributor: fnsnow58 (47860558) •
Born in Cumberland County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Cumberland County at age 25, November 9, 1861. Mustered in as Sergeant. Present or accounted for until killed at Mechanicsville, Virginia, June 26, 1862.
The Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, aka the Battle of Mechanicsville, took place on June 26, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the first major engagement of the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign. The regiment lost thirty-six percent of the 420 at Mechanicsville.
Company K -The "CAROLINA BOYS" began at Longstreet Church. The company was created on November 9, 1861 in Cumberland County, a largely Scottish community in Western North Carolina. The Company was raised by Murdock McRae McLaughlin, age 28. It joined the regiment al Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, on January 30, 1862, and was designated Company K. "The Carolina Boys" of Company K contained more men with Scottish names, "the "Macs," than practically any unit in Confederate service.
Company K suffered significant casualties during the war. In fact, at the time of Lee's surrender of Army of Northern Virginia on Saturday, April 8th, at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia only seven men of Company K were left to lay down their muskets and return home.
Contributor: fnsnow58 (47860558) •
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