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Federal (USV)

Private

Barney McMichael

(c. 1840 - 1862)

Home State: Pennsylvania

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 96th Pennsylvania Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted at age 21 on 25 September 1861 in Company K, 96th Pennsylvania Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Crampton’s Gap on 14 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Bates1 and his Veteran's card, which also has his name as Bernard McMichael. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1840

Death

09/14/1862; near Burkittsville, MD; burial in Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery #1, Minersville, PA

Notes

1   Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871, 96th Infantry  [AotW citation 15386]