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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Donald F. McKay

(c. 1830 - 1862)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Artillery

Unit: Sumter (GA) Artillery, Battery D

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Americus, GA on 15 May 1862 and mustered as a Private in Battery D of the Sumter Artillery Battalion.

On the Campaign

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

The rest of the War

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD and died there on 22 (or 15) September 1862.

His widow Mary filed a claim for his final pay in March 1864.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Mary Adeline Rebecca Sims (1843-) in July 1861.

Birth

c. 1830 in NC

Death

09/15/1862; Frederick, MD; burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, MD

Notes

1 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 34961]

2 National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Confederates In Frederick List , Published 2026, first accessed 28 March 2026, <https://www.civilwarmed.org/explore/primary-sources/databases/confederates-in-frederick-list/>, Source page: #292 [AotW citation 34962]

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