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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John C. McRae

(c. 1843 - 1862)

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th South Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Age 18, from Marlboro County, he enlisted as Private, Company K, 8th South Carolina Infantry, date not given.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action on Maryland Heights near Harpers Ferry, VA on 13 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was captured and probably exchanged, and died of his wounds on 5 October 1862 at Charles Town, VA.

References & notes

His service information from the Rolls.1 His gravesite is on Findagrave, as John T. McRae.

Birth

c. 1843

Death

10/05/1862; Charles Town, VA; burial in Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, WV

Notes

1 Thomas, John P., and and previous SC Historians of the Confederate Records, Confederate Rolls of South Carolina, Columbia: Historian of Confederate Records, 1898, Roll of Company K, 8th Reg't Inf, South Carolina Vols. [AotW citation 24307]

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