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Confederate (CSV)

Lieutenant

Patrick McGovern

(c. 1835 - 1892)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Private, Company F, Phillips' Legion Infantry Battalion on 1 August 1861 and was commissioned First Lieutenant on 30 January 1862.

On the Campaign

He was captured in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain, MD on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was exchanged on 6 October 1862 and promoted to Captain on 4 December 1862. He was dropped from the rolls on 24 February 1864 for prolonged absence.

References & notes

His service from Graham.1 His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1835 in IRELAND

Death

09/16/1892; Columbus, GA; burial in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, GA

Notes

1 Graham, Kurt D., Phillips Georgia Legion - Infantry Battalion, first accessed 20 September 2012, <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html>, Source page: /InfCoF.html [AotW citation 21979]

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