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Federal (USV)

Private

Martin McGrath

(c. 1841 - ?)

Home State: Connecticut

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 16th Connecticut Infantry

Before Antietam

A 21 year old spinner in Stafford, CT, he enlisted as a Private in Company I, 16th Connecticut Infantry on 18 August 1862.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was captured on 20 April 1864 at Plymouth, NC and was a prisoner at Andersonville. He was paroled on 10 December 1864 and discharged on 3 July 1865.

References & notes

His service from the Record.1 His enlistment age and occupation from Gordon.2 Personal details from the US Census of 1860.

Birth

c. 1841

Notes

1 State of Connecticut, Adjutant General's Office, and AGs Smith, Camp, and Barbour, and AAG White, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States during the War of the Rebellion, Hartford: Press of the Case, Lockwood, and Brainard Company, 1889, pg. 636 [AotW citation 27314]

2 Gordon, Lesley J., 16th CV [Connecticut Volunteers] database [roster], Published 2014, first accessed 06 February 2022, <https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=D0B38CB5864DA66C!107&authkey=!ACNE422k47Tnc_Q&ithint=file%2cxl> [AotW citation 27315]

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