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Corp William McElroy

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Corp William McElroy

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Ohio, USA
Death
28 Jul 1863 (aged 29–30)
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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William McElroy was the husband of Margaret Johnson, daughter of Mary (Hyde) and Rev. John Johnson.
Marysville Tribune 12 Aug 1863
Death of Corp. Wm . McElroy, Company H, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The deceased enlisted in the village of Summersville, Union County, on the 22d day of Nov, 1864, having served the term of one year, seven months and nine days, before he received his fatal wound. During this time he was engaged in the battles of Cedar Mountain, seven days on the Rappahannock, two days in the battle of Bull Run, also engaged in the battle of Cross Keys, and was preserved without receiving any wound, and very little sickness . At Gettysburg, having received severe wounds in both legs, he was compelled to lie on the field the remainder of the day, until the morning of the 2d of July, when he was carried from the field by one of his company, who was taken prisoner, to a private house, and afterwards removed to a private house in Gettysburg, where he lay until the 28th of July, when he died.

William McElroy was the husband of Margaret Johnson, daughter of Mary (Hyde) and Rev. John Johnson.
Marysville Tribune 12 Aug 1863
Death of Corp. Wm . McElroy, Company H, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The deceased enlisted in the village of Summersville, Union County, on the 22d day of Nov, 1864, having served the term of one year, seven months and nine days, before he received his fatal wound. During this time he was engaged in the battles of Cedar Mountain, seven days on the Rappahannock, two days in the battle of Bull Run, also engaged in the battle of Cross Keys, and was preserved without receiving any wound, and very little sickness . At Gettysburg, having received severe wounds in both legs, he was compelled to lie on the field the remainder of the day, until the morning of the 2d of July, when he was carried from the field by one of his company, who was taken prisoner, to a private house, and afterwards removed to a private house in Gettysburg, where he lay until the 28th of July, when he died.

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