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S.D. McClure
(c. 1842 - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 24th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He came to America in about 1850 with his family and in 1860 was an 18 year old living with his parents and 3 siblings on their farm at Mount Yonah in White County, GA. He enlisted in Habersham County, GA on 24 August 1861 and mustered as 3rd Sergeant of Company K, 24th Georgia Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
His service from the Roster 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860, as Samuel McCluer. His memorial is on Findagrave. His picture from a photograph shared to Findagrave by descendants in the Taylor family.
He was one of 4 brothers, 3 of whom served in Company K. Their uncle (mother's brother) was Robert McMillan, first Colonel of the regiment. The Colonel's son Robert E McMillan, Samuel's cousin, was Major of the 24th Georgia and commanded it at Sharpsburg.
Birth
c. 1842; County Antrim, IRELAND
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 19475]
2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 33681]