(? - 1862)
Home State: Florida
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 8th Florida Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He mustered in to Company B, 8th Florida Infantry on 10 May 1862.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.
References & notes
Basic information from State of Florida1. There is no McConnell in Company B in the Compiled Service Records at the National Archives, but there is a Private Risdon McDonald, not found in the Florida State roster for the Company.
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
1 State of Florida, Board of State Institutions, Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian, Civil and Spanish-American Wars, Live Oak (FL): Democrat Print, 1903, pp. 192 - 196 [AotW citation 15500]