Andrew B. McCartney was a S/O Andrew and Jenetta Cook McCartney. He Enlisted Febuary 2,1864 at Winchester Indiana By James Neff in the 124th Co H Indiana Infantry and Mustered in at Richmond March 7,1864 By Lt. McElhorne was mustered out August 31,1865 at Greensboro North Carolina, he applied for and received a pension for wounds he received during the war. Andrew Married in 1865 to Marry Walling D/O Isaiah and Nancy "Scott" Walling also of Jay Co Indiana.
Andrew and Mary had the following Children.
Alice Born 1865 Randolph Co Ind. And Eliza E McCartney AKA Lida born May 1869 and Mary j. born 1871. In 1874 Andrew and Marry was devorced and Andrew married Maria Eby on August 8,1874 Delaware county Indiana and they had 9 Children
Sarah Deat,Emma, Raymond, Whipple, Charles P., Myrtle, Ida, Ella, Effa.
Andrew was in the Soldiers Home when he passed away. He was given the Ritual Civil War Veteran Funeral at Marion Indiana and was buried in the Marion National Cemetery..

124th Regiment Infantry

Organized at Richmond. Terre Haute and Indianapolis, Ind., November, 1863, to March, 1864. Mustered in March 10, 1864. Left State for Louisville, Ky., March 19; thence moved to Nashville, Tenn. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to August, 1865.

SERVICE.--March to Charleston, Tenn., April 5-24. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Near Rough and Ready August 31. LoveJoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 15, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C.; thence to Morehead City, N. C., January 15-February 24. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte, N. C., until August. Mustered out August 31, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 24 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 128 Enlisted men by disease. Total 155.

Andrew B. McCartney Muster card
CO H 124TH Regt. 5 years
Enlisted Feb 2,1864 at Winchester by James Neff
Mus. March 7,1864 at Richmond by Lt McElhorne
Age. 18, Eyes Hazel, Hair Light, Height 5-4,
Complexion Dark, Nativity Virginia, Occupation Farmer,
Mustered Out at Greensboro NC August 31,1865

OBITUARY

MARION WEEKLY LEADER, FRIDAY JULY 24,1896
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ANDREW B. McCARTNEY, a veteran of company H, one hundred and twenty fourth Indiana, died Sunday morning July 19, at 5:45 o'clock. The funeral was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock, Chaplain Myery officiating, he was forty-nine years old. He had been a sufferer of rheumatism..