John McCue
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
VA Mosby's Part. Cavalry
Born- Feb. 12, 1846 in Nelson Co. Va.
Father- John Howard McCue;
Mother- Signora Cynthia Eliz Willis.
VMI Record:
Entered VMI- Aug. 15, 1863;
Dismissed March 30, 1864 for general neglect of duties.
Military Record:
Private in Col. J.S. Mosby's Regt. Va. Cavalry (43rd Batallion Va. Cavalry);
Captured in Prince George Co., Md. on April 4, 1865;
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Tried and sentenced to death for being a guerrilla.
A Federal detective was killed while McCue and others were robbing a store.
The U.S. Government alleged that he was on a plundering expedition, not a military one.
Saved from execution by the testimony of "a leading citizen of Virginia" and sentenced to life at hard labor. Paroled by President Andrew Johnson.
Died- Aug. 15, 1911.
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
VA Mosby's Part. Cavalry
Born- Feb. 12, 1846 in Nelson Co. Va.
Father- John Howard McCue;
Mother- Signora Cynthia Eliz Willis.
VMI Record:
Entered VMI- Aug. 15, 1863;
Dismissed March 30, 1864 for general neglect of duties.
Military Record:
Private in Col. J.S. Mosby's Regt. Va. Cavalry (43rd Batallion Va. Cavalry);
Captured in Prince George Co., Md. on April 4, 1865;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tried and sentenced to death for being a guerrilla.
A Federal detective was killed while McCue and others were robbing a store.
The U.S. Government alleged that he was on a plundering expedition, not a military one.
Saved from execution by the testimony of "a leading citizen of Virginia" and sentenced to life at hard labor. Paroled by President Andrew Johnson.
Died- Aug. 15, 1911.
John McCue
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
VA Mosby's Part. Cavalry
Born- Feb. 12, 1846 in Nelson Co. Va.
Father- John Howard McCue;
Mother- Signora Cynthia Eliz Willis.
VMI Record:
Entered VMI- Aug. 15, 1863;
Dismissed March 30, 1864 for general neglect of duties.
Military Record:
Private in Col. J.S. Mosby's Regt. Va. Cavalry (43rd Batallion Va. Cavalry);
Captured in Prince George Co., Md. on April 4, 1865;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tried and sentenced to death for being a guerrilla.
A Federal detective was killed while McCue and others were robbing a store.
The U.S. Government alleged that he was on a plundering expedition, not a military one.
Saved from execution by the testimony of "a leading citizen of Virginia" and sentenced to life at hard labor. Paroled by President Andrew Johnson.
Died- Aug. 15, 1911.
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
VA Mosby's Part. Cavalry
Born- Feb. 12, 1846 in Nelson Co. Va.
Father- John Howard McCue;
Mother- Signora Cynthia Eliz Willis.
VMI Record:
Entered VMI- Aug. 15, 1863;
Dismissed March 30, 1864 for general neglect of duties.
Military Record:
Private in Col. J.S. Mosby's Regt. Va. Cavalry (43rd Batallion Va. Cavalry);
Captured in Prince George Co., Md. on April 4, 1865;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tried and sentenced to death for being a guerrilla.
A Federal detective was killed while McCue and others were robbing a store.
The U.S. Government alleged that he was on a plundering expedition, not a military one.
Saved from execution by the testimony of "a leading citizen of Virginia" and sentenced to life at hard labor. Paroled by President Andrew Johnson.
Died- Aug. 15, 1911.
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