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Federal (USV)

James McElavey

(? - 1862)

Home State: Pennsylvania

Branch of Service: Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted and mustered into service as Private, Company A, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves on 26 June 1861.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain, MD on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds on 12 October 1862, place not given.

References & notes

His service from Bates,1 as James McElary and Sypher.2

Death

10/12/1862

1 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871 [AotW citation 22671]

2 Sypher, Josiah Rhinehart, History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr and Company, 1865, pg. 660 [AotW citation 22672]