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McGough, McGeough, and McGue Soldiers in U.S. Civil War, 1861–1865 |
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McGough, McGeough, and McGue Soldiers in U.S. Civil War, 1861–1865 |
Here is a list of McGoughs, McGeoughs, and McGues, who were soldiers in the United States Civil War of 1861 to 1865. My primary source of these names is the Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System, a searchable index of names published by the National Park System. That site includes a history of each military unit. The list of names has been organized by state by Ancestry.com and is published by them on their page U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861–1865.
The Civil War Research Database (available by subscription on Ancestry.com) is an effort to compile and link all available records of common soldiers in the Civil War. Historic Data Systems has compiled and interlinked a wide array of records including state rosters, pension records, regimental histories, photos, and journals. The database has, to date, digitized, indexed, and linked the roster records of 2,100,000 soldiers (out of about 4,000,000 who served), 2,719 regimental chronicles, 1,010 officer profiles, 3,343 battle synopses, and 1,012 soldier photographs. I have included some of the information from this data base in the lists below. A few names that were not on the basic list appear here. I have included those names below.
The Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861–1934 is also available by subscription on Ancestry.com. I have not usually included information available there that I had already obtained from my primary sources, but if there is a genealogical clue, such as the age of a mother or widow, I have included it. Also, I have included pensioners who are not included in my basic lists. The Index also includes some veterans of the Spanish-American War; for example, Isaac E. McGoff who is listed below under Vermont.
The 1890 Veterans Schedules, which were designed to cover only Union troops, and which were part of the 1890 census, are available on Ancestry.com, and the information is included here.
If I have found names from other sources, I have added them—with a link if the source is on the web. Civil War Rosters—Arranged by State is a good source, and claims to be "the most complete list of Civil War Links on the Internet." See also: Online Civil War Indexes, Records & Rosters—A Genealogy Guide—General Civil War Records Websites.
The names of soldiers who died while on active duty are printed in red.
These soldiers are listed according to the state they served in the civil war. That state may not always be the state in which they resided. Usually, they are listed alphabetically within the state that they served. The first section under Alabama is unique in that it deals with seven brothers, three of whom served in the Union Army and four of whom served in the Confederate States Army.
Walker County—Seven Sons of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix
Seven of the thirteen son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix served in the military in the Civil War, three in Union units, and four in Confederate units. This family receives special treatment on this page. In this section, I list the sons according to age. Below this section is an alphabetical list of all Alabama soldiers.
William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix were married in Bibb county, Alabama, on January 5, 1835. Early Marriages of Bibb County, Alabama. Carolyn McGough Rowe, in her book: A Glimpse of the Past—Descendants of Robert McGough (b. 1725 Northern Ireland), gives a good history of this family beginning on page 80. Rowe says that William and Welthy had "thirteen sons; the first being born the year they were married and one being born every other year thereafter like clockwork for twenty-seven years."
Near the end of 1840, William and Welthy and their family moved from Bibb county to Coosa county, Alabama, along with William's father and mother, John McGough and Elizabeth "Polly" Brooks. Both families are listed in the 1840 census of Coosa county, Alabama. William McGough and his family are listed in Sockopartoy precinct. See my page: McGoughs in the 1840 Census of the United States.
Sometime before 1850, William B. McGough and his family moved on from Coosa county to Walker county, Alabama. They are listed in the 1850 census of Walker county under the surname McGuah with their seven sons, ranging in age from 15 to 3. See my page: McGoughs and McGues in the 1850 Census of the United States. The family is listed as McGough in the 1860 census of Walker county and more of their history will be found on my page: McGoughs and McGues in the 1860 Census of the United States.
The seven sons of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix who served in the military in the US Civil War were
James Anderson McGough, Sr., who was born on December 21, 1835, in Bibb county Alabama. Rowe says, at page 85:
"According to his father, James Anderson was a Northern Sympathizer during the Civil War and was forcibly inducted into the Confederate Army by the Conscript Act and a company of Rebel Soldiers from the 43rd Al Inf Reg Co 'H', who came to his home and 'took him' and his brother, William. His father stated in his deposition that James deserted at Petersburg, went into the Federal lines to surrender and stayed in Ohio until the close of the war. He had three children at the time. James' first son born after he returned from the war was named 'Sherman'." (born in 1866).
43rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama. Company H. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name James/McJough (Film Number M374 roll 30)
William McGough, who was born in 1837 in Alabama, in Bibb or Coosa county. Rowe says, at page 87:
"William was also a Northern Sympathizer according to his father's statement but was forcibly drafted by the 43rd Ala Inf Reg Co. 'H', CSA, as was his older brother, James. William had two children at the time. He was killed in Mobile, AL on 1 November 1863."
Alabama Civil War Soldiers Index lists: McGough, William 43rd Alabama Regiment, Company H.
John McGough was born on February 9, 1839, in Coosa county, Alabama. Rowe, at page 90, quotes from an affidavit of John McGough in support of his pension application:
"In April, 1862, at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, I enlisted as a private in Company 'H', 43rd Alabama Infantry, CSA. My company went from there to Mobile, Alabama where the regiment was mustered into Gracies' Brigade. I continued actively in the service with the 43rd Alabama until about July 25th, 1864, when I was seriously wounded at the siege of Petersburg, Va, having my feet shattered and wounded by the explosion of a bomb shell. I was sent then to Richmond, Va, to the hospital and from there furloughed to my home. I stayed at tome until my wounds recovered sufficiently for me to go back into the service. The lines of communication were so bad at that time that I could not return to Virginia. I then joined Maj Woodward Battalion and went to North Alabama with it. My horse was killed in service and Maj Woodward told me to come back home and get another mount and rejoin the Army, which I did and joined the (Co 'K') 4th Alabama Regiment (Roddey's) near Montevallo, Alabama and was with them at the time of the surrender of that Regiment near Selma, Alabama. ... I was paroled at Pond Springs (Lawrence Co AL) now Wheeler Station."
John McGough, the third son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix, was born on February 9, 1839. Rowe, at page 90, describes him as the "one true Southerner among a family of Northern Sympathizers."
John McGough of Company H, 43rd Alabama, is listed in the Alabama Civil War Soldiers Index. John McGough, born on February 9, 1839, is listed as a veteran of the 43rd Alabama Infantry in The 1907 Census of Confederate Soldiers in Walker County, Alabama.
Joseph McGough was born about 1841 in Bibb county (or possibly Walker county) Alabama. Rowe, at page 94, says:
"According to a deposition given by Joseph's father, Joseph left home on 8 September 1862 and joined the 1st Alabama Calvary, Co. 'A', 1st Regiment, commanded by Captain Frank C, Burdick, US Army as a Private. ... Joseph joined the war in Iuka, Mississippi (just across the Mississippi line from Florence, Alabama) and died four and one half months later, on January 25, 1863, in Corinth, Mississippi, just twenty-five miles away. When he enlisted, Joseph is shown as being 5'9" with light complexion, gray eyes and brown hair, an being a farmer. The records also indicated Joseph reported for duty on October 1, 1862, in Iuka, MS and was already 'sick in quarters' for the November and December roll call. This means he must have caught the measles almost immediately after arriving in Iuka. He died from a 'relapse of measles', which meant he would have been sick for some time before he died. If this is true, Joseph saw very little action in the war. The records indicated he never received any pay and I have not found where he was buried."
1st Regiment, Alabama Cavalry Union Alabama. Company A. Rank in and out: Private (Film Number M263 roll 1).
Martha J, McGue (nee Martha Jane Guess, or Gist), widow of Joseph McGough (alias Josephus McGue), of Company A, 1st Alabama Calvary, applied for a widow's benefit on June 12, 1905. Martha was apparently living in Kentucky at the time of the application. There was also an application on August 24, 1872, by William I. Long, guardian, for a minor's benefit. William R. Long of Allens Factory, Marion county, Alabama, was appointed guardian of Joseph's son, William Buell McGough, who had been born in Thorn Hill, Marion county, on April 29, 1862. Long was appointed guardian about 6 months after Joseph's widow married William J. Connally on February 15, 1872. Rowe, page 94.
Here is information from 1st Alabama Cavalry Searchable Roster from the website of the 1st Alabama Cavalry— United States Volunteers.
Joseph McGough
Age: 21
Birthplace: Bibb Co., NC
Occupation: Farmer
Rank at enlistment: Private
Company Assignment: A
9/8/1862 Enlisted Iuka, MS
10/1/1862 Mustered In Corinth, MS
1/25/1863 Died Corinth, MS
Notes: Brother of Richard McGough.The birth place of Bibb county, North Carolinas, should read Bibb county, Alabama. Rowe, at page 94, says that Joseph McGough died from a relapse of measles.
Thomas McGough (Blind Tom) was born on January 29, 1842, in Alabama. Rowe, page 94.
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 October 1863.
Enlisted in Company E, 6th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 30 November 1863.
Received a disability discharge from Company E, 6th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 26 July 1865. He is listed below under Illinois.Name: Thomas McGough
Residence: Olney, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 28 October 1863
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 October 1863.
Enlisted in Company E, 6th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 30 November 1863.
Received a disability discharge from Company E, 6th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 26 July 1865.The roster of Company "E" 6th Illinois Cavalry lists
"McGOUGH, Thomas, Recruit, Olney, November 30, 1863. Discharged July 26, 1865; disabil."
Rowe, at page 94, says:
"Tom contracted Small Pox while in service and due to lack of proper treatment, was blinded. The story that I heard most often was that he was not closely attended and maggots got in his eyes causing him to lose his sight."
Rowe says that after the war, Thomas McGough became a successful Baptist preacher and a "very efficient horse trader."
Thomas McGough, whose service was in Company E, 6th Illinois Cavalry, filed an invalid's claim on January 27, 1868. Sarah Jane McGough (nee Ellison), widow of Thomas McGough, filed a claim for a widow's benefit on June 4, 1898, in Alabama. (Thomas had died on on April 17, 1898, in Walker county, Alabama.). Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861–1934 on Ancestry.com.
George L. McGough was born was born in 1845 in Alabama. Alabama Civil War Soldiers Index lists George McGough as a member of Company H, 43rd Alabama Regiment. He died in the service at White Springs, Virginia, on July 3, 1864. Rowe, at page 88, says:
"Died in Civil War, eight months after he joined 43rd Al Inf Reg, Co 'H' CSA, at Elridge, AL 4 November 1863. This was the same company in which his brothers James & William fought and in which William had died 3 days before George joined. I do not know whether George joined voluntarily or forcibly."
[George, James, John, Thomas, and William McGough all appear on the May 16, 1862, to December 31, 1864, roster of Company H, 43rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry Volunteers, Gracies Brigade. All were listed as Privates (numbers 63 through 67 on a roster of 93 privates, 4 corporals. and 8 commissioned officers). See: Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls, 1861–1865, on Ancestry.com.]
Richard L. McGough was born on April 14, 1849, in Walker county, Alabama. He enlisted in the 1st Alabama Cavalry— United States Volunteers, on March 1, 1865, in Stevenson, Alabama, was mustered in in Nashville Tennessee on April 18, 1865, assigned to Company 'L', and was mustered out on October 20, 1865, in Huntsville, Alabama. See Rowe, page 100.
Richard L. McGough died on February 18,1920, in Walker county, Alabama. Susan A. McGough (nee Susan Amanda O'Mary), widow (and second wife) of Richard L. McGough of Company L, 1st Alabama Cavalry, filed a widow's claim on August 17, 1920. See Rowe, page 100.
Here is information from 1st Alabama Cavalry Searchable Roster from the website of the 1st Alabama Cavalry— United States Volunteers. "The roots of the unit lay with the Southern Unionists of North Alabama. Persecuted for their beliefs by the Confederacy, they lived and died true to the Union."
Richard L Magen/McGaugh/McGane (McGough)
Age: 18
Birthplace: Walker Co., AL
Occupation: Farmer
Rank at enlistment: Private
Company Assignment: L
3/1/1865 Enlisted Stevenson, AL
4/18/1865 Mustered In Nashville, TN
10/20/1865 Mustered Out Huntsville, AL
Notes: Brother of Joseph McGough.Joseph and Richard served as Union troops in the 1st Alabama Cavalry, United States Volunteers. This unit was formed in Alabama and Tennessee in 1862 from men loyal to the old flag, the stars and stripes, as illustrated by this recruiting poster:
Yeomanry. Loyal Southerners. Come to Your Country's Call!
To put down TREASON and REBELLION and hand down to our Children, unimpaired, the Rich Legacy of the Glorious Union achieved and sealed with the blood of our forefathers.
DO NOT CAST YOUR LOT WITH THE REBELS.
The secessionists, the flatlanders, the planters, the so-called gentlemen whose fine daughters do not acknowledge your existence would have you fight their RICH MAN'S WAR. If you join their rebel army it will be a POOR MAN'S FIGHT.
TROUBLESOME TIMES IN ALABAMA FOR UNION MEN.
Loyal Union men of good moral habits - farmers and farmer's sons — are now joining THE FIRST ALABAMA UNION CAVALRY, UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS. Our flag is THE OLD FLAG. Our country is in peril and needs men of valour to fight for Freedom and Uncle Abe.
Muster rolls are open at secret sites in Winston, Franklin, Marion, Blount, Morgan, Randolph, Walker, Jefferson, St. Clair, Lawrence, Fayette, DeKalb and Jackson counties."
Here are a few sources of information on the 1st Alabama Cavalry (Union Army):
1st Alabama Cavalry, United States Volunteers
Books about the First Alabama Cavalry:
First Alabama Cavalry, USA: Homage to Patriotism by Glenda McWhirter Todd
Southerners in Blue: They Defied the Confederacy by Don Umphrey
The Lightning Mule Brigade: The 1863 Raid of Abel Streight into Alabama by Robert L Willett
The Unionist: A Novel of the Civil War by W. Steven Harrell and W. Harrell
The Story of the First Alabama Cavalry by Steve Ross.
William Leroy Swan and Family, one of the 1st's troops.
The Southern Loyalists by Robert Hurst
Places and Dates of Deaths of 1st Alabama Cav US Soldiers
Fatalities of the First Alabama Cavalry.
Nashville Casualties according to Hoole in "Alabama Tories"
Death dates of 1st Alabama Cavalry Soldiers in unknown places.
POW's who died in Andersonville.
McWhirters in the Union Army— The reason Why by: Glenda McWhirter Todd.
Stories of People, Officer Biographies and more.
Bibliography for Research of 1st Alabama Cavalry submitted by: Joel Mize.
Carolyn McGough Rowe, at page 81, points out that there were no large plantations and few slave owners in Winston and Walker counties, Alabama, from where many of the recruits to the First Alabama Cavalry came. "The small farmers did not align themselves with the faction of Southerners rebelling against the Northern rule. ... In a deposition given by William (the father) after the war to the US government, while trying to receive reimbursement for 'a very fine horse, 500 pounds of bacon, and 20 gallons of molasses', he states:
"I was threatened. They said they would kill me and let the buzzards pick my bones. They tried at one time to burn me out. They set fire in the woods near me for that purpose, but I finally got it put out ... said that we were dangerous men to the Confederacy and that we ought to be hung. ... I had three sons in in the Union Army. Two of them belonged to the 1st Alabama Cavalry under Colonel George E. Spencer (Joseph and Richard). The other one was in the Sixth Illinois Calvary, Company 'E' (Thomas). I had four sons in the Rebel Army (James, William, John & George). They were all of them forced into the army by the Conscript Act. Three of them were true Union men. One of the Union boys (William) died in Mobile about a month after he went into the army. One of the rebel boys (George) died at White Sulphur Springs in less than a month after they took him off. The other Rebel boy (James) deserted at Petersburg and went into the Federal Lines and surrendered and then went to Ohio until the close of the war."
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All Alabama Soldiers—in Alphabetical Order:
D. W. McGough (not on basic list)
Alabama Civil War Soldiers Index lists:
McGough, D W Mobile County Reserves (listed as a one man unit). The muster roll of the Mobile Guards of the Mobile County Reserves says that D. W. McGough enlisted as a private on November 6, 1864. See: Alabama Department of Archives & History—Civil War Soldiers database.
George L. McGough (not on basic list). A son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix, discussed above.
Alabama Civil War Soldiers Index lists George McGough as a member of Company H, 43rd Alabama Regiment. He died in the service at White Springs, Virginia, on July 3, 1864. Rowe, at page 88, says:
"Died in Civil War, eight months after he joined 43rd Al Inf Reg, Co 'H' CSA, at Elridge, AL 4 November 1863. This was the same company in which his brothers James & William fought and in which William had died 3 days before George joined. I do not know whether George joined voluntarily or forcibly."
See also: Alabama Department of Archives & History—Civil War Soldiers database, from where these entries are extracted:
Last Name: McGough. First Name: George
Date of Birth:
Birth Information: USA, Alabama, Walker County
Enlistment Date: 1863/11/04
Enlistment Information: Alabama, Edridge, Private
Date of Death: 1864/07/03
Death Information: Virginia, White S.(Sulpher?) Springs
Regimental Unit: 43rd Alabama Regiment
Company Unit: H
Authority: Final Statement by N. P. Lawrence, Captain, Petersburg, Virginia 1864/11/05. Approved by Elliott.
Remarks: Enlisted by Captain W. H. Lawrence. He was never paid. He is entitled to pay to July 3, 1864, at which time he died. He never received the bounty of $50. He is entitled to commutation for clothing from November 4, 1863 to July 3, 1864, less stoppages
for clothing drawn since November 4, 1863, the amount of $33.00. His effects left at Hospital.A George L. McGough, whose service was in Company K, 3rd Alabama Infantry, applied in Alabama for benefits as an invalid on February 6, 1934. (?)
J. J. McGough Hilliard's Legion, Alabama Volunteers Confederate Alabama. Company A, D. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name James/McGough (Film Number M374 roll 30). He was a younger brother of John R. McGough, below. See Rowe, page 45.
Hilliard's Legion was dissolved on November 25, 1863, and the 2nd and 4th Battalions of Hilliard's legion became the 59th Alabama Infantry Regiment. See: The Civil War in Alabama—Alabama Hilliard's Legion; and Hilliard's Legion 1862–1863.
J. J. McGough 59th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama. Company H. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M374 roll 30). James Jefferson McGough was born on December 7, 1843, in Georgia, and was the sixth child and second son of James and Sarah McGough. Rowe, page 48; where she says:
"He had just turned eighteen when he joined 59th Ala Inf. Co D, CSA, as a private on 1-1-62. He was wounded in the right knee at the battle of Chickamauga, TN. He was with Lee when he surrendered at Appomattox, VA, April 9, 1865. ... His Civil War records indicate he was on a pension for blindness before he died. His wife drew his pension after his death on 25 Dec 1928 in Coolsprings, Crenshaw Co., AL."
James McGough Hilliard's Legion, Alabama Volunteers Confederate Alabama. Company A, D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M374 roll 30) (James McGough enlisted as a Private. in Company D, Hilliard's 4th Infantry Regiment, Alabama. American Civil War Soldiers on Ancestry.com.)
Alabama Civil War Soldiers Index lists James Jefferson McGough as a member of the 59th Alabama Regiment, Company D. See also: Alabama Department of Archives & History—Civil War Soldiers database, from where these entries are extracted from 5 entries:
"Wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee (Georgia).
"Pension Application, Butler County, 1900/07/11. ... Pension Application filed by Eliza McGough, widow. P. O. Address: Runville, Alabama. Age 56 years.
"Served until he was paroled at the close of the war at the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Address, 1921: Route 2 Honorville, Alabama."
James McGough. James Anderson McGough, Sr., a son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix, discussed above. 43rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama. Company H. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name James/McJough (Film Number M374 roll 30)
John McGough (not on basic list). A son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix, discussed above.
John McGough of Company H, 43rd Alabama, is listed in the Alabama Civil War Soldiers Index. John McGough, born on February 9, 1839, is listed as a veteran of the 43rd Alabama Infantry in The 1907 Census of Confederate Soldiers in Walker County, Alabama.
See also: Alabama Department of Archives & History—Civil War Soldiers database, from where these entries are extracted: "Enlistment Information: Walker County, Private
Remarks: On the roll for January and February, 1862. Absent Without Leave since October 2, 1864--supposed to be home." From another entry: "Remarks: Continued until wounded July 26, 1864 at Petersburg, Virginia."[John McGough, the third son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix, was born on February 9, 1839. Rowe, at page 90, describes him as the "one true Southerner among a family of Northern Sympathizers."]
John R. McGough 1st Battalion, Alabama Artillery Confederate Alabama ( J. N. Lane's Regiment). Company I. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M374 roll 30). Older brother of J. J. (James Jefferson) McGough, above. Rowe, page 45. [
John R. McGough is listed as a private on the muster roll of Company D, 1st Battalion, Alabama Artillery. He is also listed in Company I in Company (unclear), 1st Battalion, Alabama Artillery.
His widow, Mary A. McGough, filed for pensions under the names John N. McGough in 1891, John A. McGough in 1893, and John R. McGough in 1899, leading to some confusion in the records.
Alabama Civil War Soldiers Index lists:
McGough, John A 1st Alabama Regiment D
McGough, John N 1st Alabama Batt. D
McGough, John R 1st Alabama Batt., J. N. Lane's Regiment D
McGough, John 43rd Alabama H (a different person from John R. McGough).Alabama Department of Archives & History—Civil War Soldiers database, has a card under John A. McGough, from where these entries are extracted:
"Pension Application, Crenshaw County, 1893/05/13. ... Pension Applicaton filed by M. A. McGough, widow."
A separate card under John N. McGough says:
"Pension Application, Crenshaw County, 1891/05/16. ... Pension Application filed by Mary A. McGough, widow."
A separate card under John R. McGough says:
"Pension Application, Crenshaw County, 1899/07/10. ... Pension Application filed by M. A. McGough, widow."
The 1860 census of precinct 6, Butler county, Alabama, lists J. R. McGough, age 30, farmer, real estate $1600, personal property $500, born in Georgia. (roll 3, page 242). John R. McGough, born in 1827, was the oldest child of James and Sarah McGough. He served in Company D, 1st Battalion, Alabama Artillery, CSA, and apparently died shortly after the civil war. His widow and all his children are listed under Mary McGough in the 1870 census in Crenshaw county (Rutledge P.O.), Alabama. He is buried at Salem Church of Christ Cemetery, Honoraville, Crenshaw county, Alabama. Rowe, A Glimpse of the Past, page 46.
Joseph McGough. A son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix, discussed above.
1st Regiment, Alabama Cavalry Union Alabama. Company A. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M263 roll 1).
The 1st Alabama Cavalry, USA, Roster of Soldiers, includes Joseph McGough.
M. C. McGough 43rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama. Company K. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M374 roll 30)
Richard L. McGough (not on basic list) [Brother of Joseph McGough, above. A son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix, discussed above.]
Here is information from 1st Alabama Cavalry Searchable Roster from the website of the 1st Alabama Cavalry— United States Volunteers. "The roots of the unit lay with the Southern Unionists of North Alabama. Persecuted for their beliefs by the Confederacy, they lived and died true to the Union."
Richard L Magen/McGaugh/McGane (McGough)
Age: 18
Birthplace: Walker Co., AL
Occupation: Farmer
Rank at enlistment: Private
Company Assignment: L
3/1/1865 Enlisted Stevenson, AL
4/18/1865 Mustered In Nashville, TN
10/20/1865 Mustered Out Huntsville, AL
Notes: Brother of Joseph McGough.Thomas McGough (Blind Tom). A son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix, discussed above.
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 October 1863.
Enlisted in Company E, 6th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 30 November 1863.
Received a disability discharge from Company E, 6th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 26 July 1865William McGough (not on basic list). A son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix, discussed above.
Alabama Civil War Soldiers Index lists:
McGough, William 43rd Alabama Regiment H
Alabama Department of Archives & History—Civil War Soldiers database, has a card entry with the remark: "Claim filed by Anna McGough, widow, Walker County, Alabama November 1, 1863. No desertion listed, no seal of court, etc. -Supplied and Verified October 6, 1864."
Gehue McGoff , Confederate, Regiment State/Origin: Arkansas, 30 Arkansas Infantry. Also listed as J. McGoff.
Regiment Name: 30th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
Company: H
Rank in and out: Private
Film Number: M376 roll 16Eugene L. McGough Hardy's Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas, Company D. Rank in and out: First Sergeant (Film Number M376 roll 16).
Eugene L. McGough 24th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas. Company F. Rank in and out: First Sergeant (Film Number M376 roll 16). See: Arkansas Civil War Soldiers Index.
[Eugene Lovert McGough, the sixth child of Robert Joseph McGough and Nancy Mary P. Johnson, was born on June 15, 1830, in Perry county, Alabama. Rowe, pages 172, 186.]
CARAT—Catalog of Arkansas Resources and Archival Treasures lists this Arkansas Confederate Pension:
Surname: McGough
Given Name: Eugene L.
Application Number: 26180
Widow Surname: McGough
Widow Given Name: Vashtye
Company: D
Regiment: 24
State Served From: Arkansas
Division: Infantry
Pension County: Little River
Death Date: 7/19/1898
Application Year: 1923J. McGough 30th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas. Company H. Rank in and out: Private.. Alternate Name Gehue/McGoff (Film Number M376 roll 16). [John JayHugh McGough] He is also listed as J. McGoff.
Gehue McGoff, 30th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry H, is listed on the Arkansas Civil War Soldiers Index.
"McGOFF (McGOUGH), GEHUE 1Lt - Co H, enl 10 July 1862 at Jonesboro - Surrendered 11 May 1865 - paroled 25 May 1865 at Wittsburg. Age 35 - eyes blue, hair black, comlx fair - ht 5' 8", born AL" Co H 30th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA
(If you Google the phrase "John Hugh" Jehu Alabama, you will discover that Jehu and JayHugh were sometimes used in Alabama as a nickname for John Hugh.)
This J. McGough was is listed in the 1870 census of Maumelle township (Jonesboro P. O.), Craighead county, Arkansas, as John McGough, age 39, a farmer, born in in Alabama; and in the 1880 census of the same place as John McGaugh, age 49, a farmer, born in Alabama, to a father born in Georgia. The place and year of John's birth are consistent with his military records, which indicate that he was born in Alabama and that on May 25, 1865, he was 35 years old. In the 1870 census, his oldest child, Martha, was listed as 14 years old and born in Arkansas. This would indicate that he married his wife, Rebecca G. Oden (or Odin) about 15 years earlier, in about 1855.
Here is a message of July 15, 2007, in the McGough Archives on RootsWeb
I answered by saying that John McGough may have been the John McGough, the son of James Madison McGough and Polly Rasberry, who was born in Alabama in 1832—according to Rowe, page 140. See the entry for James McGough under subdivision 23, Choctaw county, Mississippi, on my page: McGoughs and McGues in the 1850 Census of the United States.Subject: [MCGOUGH] JayHugh McGough born in AL, in AR by 1861
" I am looking for info on my gggf. His name has been spelled Jehu & Gehue and also just Hugh. Born in AL about 1831. In 1861 he was in Jonesboro, AR where enlisted in Civil war. After the war, he settled in Lake City, AR and was the only McGough in this area. I have been unable to connect with any of his relatives. Would appreciate any info. Thanks. Vicki."
Vicki responded by saying that she had found that John's father was William C. McGough, who was born in 1804 in South Carolina, and Martha McMillin. See: JayHugh McGough born in AL, in AR by 1861. On further reflection I concede that Vicki is probably right. A fact that leaves me with a lingering doubt, however, is that all sources I have found say that this John McGough was born in Louisiana, not Alabama.
The genealogy in McGough Family Of Craighead County Arkansas lists JayHugh McGough (1831–1885) as the son of William Carson McGough and Martha McMillin, who is listed with his parents (under the family of William McGaufh) as age 18, born in Louisiana, in the 1850 census of Attala county, Mississippi. Because this John McGough was born in Louisiana, and the John Hugh (JayHugh) McGough we are discussing here was born in Alabama, there remains some question of who is the correct John McGough.
William C. McGough and Martha McMillin McGough moved to Arkansas before 1860. In the 1860 census, they are listed in Longview township (P. 0. Hamburg), in Ashley county. With them are two of their sons, Matthew McGough, age 20, born in Louisiana, and Thomas McGough, age 18, born in Mississippi. In the 1850 census, the family is listed (as McGaufh) in Attala county, Mississippi. With them is their son, John McGough, age 18 (in 1850), born in Louisiana. All their children were born in either Louisiana or Mississippi. Ashley county is not close to Craighead county. Craighead county is at the northwest corner of Arkansas; Ashley county is on the southern boundary of Arkansas, immediately south of Union county, Arkansas, and on Arkansas' border with Louisiana.
The 1880 census of Maumelle township, Craighead county, Arkansas, referred to above, indicates that John (JayHugh) McGough's father was born in Georgia. Neither of the two candidates for father of John (JayHugh) was born in Georgia. James Madison McGough was born in Kentucky. (Rowe, pages 79, 140.) The William C. McGough who married Martha McMillin was born in South Carolina. (Rowe, pages198, 234). He married Martha McMillin, however, in Jones county, Georgia, on January 14, 1827. Although they moved to Mississippi shortly after this, this may be the reason that, in 1880, John (JayHugh) McGough reported that his father was born in Georgia.
Some strong evidence in support of the hypothesis that William C. McGough and Martha McMillin were the parents of John (Jayhugh) is that the oldest daughter of John (JayHugh) and Rebecca Oden McGough's was named Martha, and their second son was named William. John (JayHugh), therefore, may have been the brother of Mathew McGough and Thomas McGough, listed below.
I hope to do some more research on the ancestry of John (JayHugh) McGough to remove my lingering doubt arising out of consistent reports in both census and military records of his birth in Alabama. If anyone can explain this, I would appreciate hearing from him or her.
J. C. McGough 19th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Dawson's) Confederate Arkansas. Company A. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name J. C./McGaughey (Film Number M376 roll 16) [J. C. McGaughey is listed as a member of Company A, 19 (Dawson's) Arkansas Infantry, by U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861–1865, on Ancestry.com.]
James J. McGough 1st Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Crawford's) Confederate Arkansas. Company F. Rank in and out: Sergeant ( Film (M376 roll 16).
Probably the J. I. McGough, age 40, farmer, real property $1500, personal property $5500, born in Alabama, who is listed in the 1860 census of .Wilmington township, Union county, Arkansas. He was a brother of Alfred W., George W., and Miles H. McGough, all of whom are listed on the roster of the Home Guard Roster of Union County Arkansas for Wilmington township (listed below under Union county.)
CARAT—Catalog of Arkansas Resources and Archival Treasures lists this Arkansas Confederate Pension:
Surname: McGough
Given Name: J. I.
Application Number: 12323
Widow Surname: McGough
Widow Given Name: Margaret J.
Company: F
Regiment: Crawford's
State Served From: Arkansas
Division: Cavalry
Pension County: Union
Death Date: 10/5/1889
Application Year: 1901:Mathew McGough 26th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas. Company B. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M376 roll 16). See: Arkansas Civil War Soldiers Index. See: Roster of Arkansas 26th Inf. CO. B.
The may be the Matthew McGough, age 20, farmer, born in Louisiana, who is listed in the 1860 census of Longview township, Ashley county, Arkansas. He was the fifth child and third son of William McGough and Nancy McMillin McGough, and probably a brother of J. (JayHugh) McGough listed above.
Miles H. McGough 1st Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Crawford's) Confederate Arkansas. Company F. Rank in and out: Jr. 2 Lieutenant (Film Number M376 roll 16)
M. H. McGough 37th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M376 roll 16). See: Arkansas Civil War Soldiers Index.
[The 1860) Oceanus of Washington township, Union county, Arkansas lists: Miles McGough, age 24, farmer, real property $4000, personal property $9000, born in Alabama. (roll 51 Book 1, page 264) [Rowe, at page 147, lists Miles H. McGough, born in 1836 in Alabama, who married Sarah, as the sixth son, and tenth child, of James McGough and Sarah "Sally" Hollowell. He would, therefore, be a brother of George Washington McGough and James Irwin McGough, who were living in the same township, and Alfred McGough, living in Johnson township in the 1870 census.]
Thomas McGough, private, Company H, Wright's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry Confederate Arkansas (M376 roll 16). Company H. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M376 roll 16).
Thomas McGough 26th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas. Company B. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M376 roll 16). See: Arkansas Civil War Soldiers Index. See: Roster of Arkansas 26th Inf. CO. B. Thomas McGough, age 18, farmer, born in Mississippi, is listed. Thomas Thadeus McGough, born in 1843 in Mississippi, was the sixth child and fourth son of William McGough and Nancy McMillin McGough, and probably a brother of J. (JayHugh) McGough and Mathew McGough, listed above, and Thomas McGough, listed below.
Here are notes from Confederate Soldiers of Price's Raid, Surnames M-N (PDF): Thomas McGough, Private, Wright's 12th Arkansas Cavalry, Slemmons Brigade, Company H, enlisted in Monticello Arkansas, on May 23, 1862, died on November 23, 1886. "Private—Enlisted in Company B, 26th Arkansas Infantry, at Monticello, Arkansas, May 3, 1862, absent on sick furlough to Drew county, Arkansas, since September 23, 1863; enlisted in Company H, 12th Arkansas Cavalry, in Ashley county, Arkansas, December 19. 1863, absent on sick furlough since February 15, 1864, born in Mississippi circa 1842; died in Arkansas November 23, 1866, buried in Sixteenth Section Cemetery in Drew county; listed by Ashley county 1860 census with his wife Emma J; occupation farmer."
Union County Home Guard
The Home Guard Roster of Union County Arkansas for Wilmington township lists these McGoughs, all brothers and all appointed on July 23, 1861:
1st Lien. A. W. McGough (probably Alfred William McGough, son of James and Sarah Hollowell McGough. See my page on the 1850 census under Wilmington township, Union county, Arkansas, under Sarah MaGuse.)
3rd Lien. G. W. McGough (probably George Washington McGough, son of James and Sarah Hollowell McGough. See my page on the 1850 census under Wilmington township, Union county, Arkansas.)
Private James J. McGough (probably James Irving McGough, son of James and Sarah Hollowell McGough. See my page on the 1850 census under Wilmington township, Union county, Arkansas.)
Private M. H. McGough (probably Miles H. McGough, son of James and Sarah Hollowell McGough. See my page on the 1850 census under Wilmington township, Union county, Arkansas, under Sarah MaGuse.)
In the same unit was Private F. E. Yoast, who had married Ann McGough. Here is a posting by Mike Yoast on Genealogy. com:
"Re: Nancy Owen married to Frances Yoast Posted by: Michael Yoast (ID *****0429) Date: February 02, 2007
"I believe Francis E. Yoast, first son of Andrew Yoast, who was born in 1818, was my great grandfather. I'd like to share what I've learned and hopefully learn any information on the Andrew Yoast leg of the family tree.
"Francis E. Yoast is buried in White County Arkansas, near Romance. I have some letters he sent his cousin William, who was John Yoast's son, while William lived in Polk County, Missouri. I've also learned that Francis served as part of the Union County Arkansas Home Guard during the Civil War. He married Ann McGough in Union County Arkansas in 1844. However I believe she passed away in 1855 and I'm sure Francis re-married a girl in Missouri. The connection I'm trying to prove would show he had a son, Morris or LM Yoast in 1853.
"If anyone has information showing a Francis E. Yoast did in fact marry a Nancy Owens, I would love to learn more."
Ann McGough, the third child and second daughter of James and Sarah Hollowell McGough, who had been born in Kentucky in 1821 (1819 according to the 1860 census of Wilmington township), married Francis E. Yoast in Union county on October 18, 1844. See my page on the 1850 census under Wilmington township, Union county, Arkansas. (McGough is spelled McGuse.)
In the Van Buren Home Guard appointed in July, 1861, was:
G. W. McGrough (sic, no rank stated). This is George Washington McGough, son of James and Sarah Hollowell McGough. See my page on the 1850 census under Wilmington township, Union county, Arkansas, under Sarah MaGuse.)
[Captain Davis' Company, Confederate Light Artillery, was a unit raised by the Confederate Government and was not identified with any one state. See: Civil War Microfilm at the National Archives—Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government. (M258. 123 rolls. 16mm. DP.). There is a Davis' Cavalry Battalion listed as a confederate unit of the state of Tennessee.]
William McGough, private, Captain. Davis' Company, Confederate Light Artillery (Film M818 roll 16). Company (blank) Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M818 roll 16)
Frank McGue 11th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Union Connecticut. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M535 roll 10).
The 1860 census of Brooklyn, Town of (West Killingly P.O.), Windham county, Connecticut, lists Frank Mague [Francis A. Mague], age 12, born in Rhode Island, attended school within the year, living with his parents, Thomas and Laura McGue.
Norman McGue (not on basic list).
Military Records of Windham County, CT, list: Mague, Norman C.; Private; Killingly; Date of Muster May 22, 1861; Re-en. Vet. No 11, ’63. W. August. 5, ’64. M. o. Sept. 25, ’65; page 166. The 1860 census of Brooklyn, Town of (West Killingly P.O.), Windham county, Connecticut, lists Norman Mague, age 17, born in Massachusetts, living with his parents, Thomas and Laura McGue. [Norman Campbell Mague was born on June 19, 1843, in Mendon, Worcester county, Massachusetts, and died on June 4, 1901. See the entry under Plainfield, New Jersey, on my 1900 census page.]
Name: S. Magough
Side: Confederate
Regiment Name: 3rd Regiment, Florida Infantry
Company: C
(Film Number: M225 roll 5)S. Magough is on the roster of Military Units from Florida > Third Infantry (Confederate) > Company C (M-251–49) with no rank listed. He is listed in the Florida Civil War Soldiers Index.
Butts County—Five sons of William Thomas McGough and Nancy McClure
William Thomas McGough (who went by the name of Thomas) was born on April 7, 1795, in Greene county, Georgia, to John McGough and Elizabeth Carson. He married Nancy McClure on December 25, 1825, and they raised seven children in Butts county, Georgia. "In the 1860 census of Butts county, he owned eight slaves. At the end of the Civil War he had twenty slaves, according to an account by his son, Benjamin Louis (1.1.7.7), but Sherman's Army had taken or destroyed everything when he had marched through the farm. All five of his sons fought in the Civil War. He lost one in the conflict." Rowe, page 32.
"All of Thomas and Nancy McGough's sons served in the Confederate Army in various Georgia infantry regiments. Joseph Howard was killed at Fredericksburg, Virginia." The McGough Family Page by Carole E. Scott. Here are his five sons who served in the Civil War in the order of their birth:
John Thomas McGough was born on December 23, 1832, in Butts county, Georgia. "J. T. McGough" was a member of the 10th Texas Cavalry. It is unknown how he came to enlist in a Texas unit." He is listed below under Texas.
J. T. McGough 10th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Locke's) Confederate Texas. Company C. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M227 roll 24).
J. P. McGough, Company C, 10th Texas Cavalry, was as Confederate Prisoner of War, after he surrendered in Centerville, Alabama. (M598_78).
"Confederate Research Sources, Volume 2, Mc., page 1199, Mcgough, J. T., Private Co. C, 10th Tex. Cavalry Roll of Prisoners of War, C. S. A., Paroled Meridian, Miss., May 10, 1865. Reserve Atlanta, Ga." Louisiana Confederate Soldiers on Ancestry.com
From The McGough Family Page. Letter from John Thomas McGough:
Camp McNight, Red River County, Texas
February 10, 1862
Dear Brothers,
I received your letter some time ago and was more than hapy to here that your health was improving and to here that Marian was in good health and the family at home Robert I don't know that I have anything of interest to write you I am at this time in camp I got here a fiew days ago I was out nearly a month over my time on account of bad health but my health is improving I think if I have no back set I will be stout as ever soon. everything is in an uproar we have marching orders we will leave this place the 12inst. for little rock Arkansas where we will draw our pay and march from thare to Pocahutus we are destined for Misoury we will be under general B McCullock. our company is about 114 strong and the Ridgment about 1200 strong and the health tolerable good we have more mesles than any thing else and a few deths 2 young men died last knight but neither of them belong to our Company the boys are all ancious to get to Misoury and if it ever gets a chance ????? I think you will here of some good fighting, but that is an after consideration. Direct your letter to little Rock Arkansas, tenth Redgment Cavalry, Company C, care of Capt J H Rucker write soon for I ancious to here from home excuse this short letter for you know what chance I have to write under the circumstances nothing more at presan but remain now as every your truly
J. T. McGough
tell Pa that I left all my papers with Mr Buttrill which was about five hundred dollars if I should not get back that he can get.
James Robert McGough was born on September 16, 1836, in Butts county, Georgia.
"He served in Co I, 14th Reg, Army of North Virginia, GA Vol Inf, in the Civil War, as did his four brothers." Rowe, page 33.
"James Robert enlisted in the 'Jeff Davis Rifflemen,"' the second company formed in Butts County, Georgia. Formed in Jackson, Georgia, they went to Richmond, Virginia in May 1861, where they were placed in the 14th Georgia, Thomas' (Gen. Edward) Brigade. This Brigade was part of Gen. A. P. Hill's Corps. This Corps was part of Gen. Stonewall Jackson Division of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
"He was honorably discharged after contracting typhoid fever on March 3, 1863. After he returned home he joined the State Guard and was sent to Savannah." The McGough Family Page.
"James Robert McGough enlisted as a private in Company I on the same day. However, he was discharged for disability on December 13, 1861 (should be December 2, 1861). Subsequently, in July 1864, he enlisted as a private in Company G, 6th Regiment, Georgia Militia. Vol. 2, 400." The Butts County Boys' War by Carole E. Scott (Copyrighted, 1996)—appendix.
James R. McGough 14th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia. Company I. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M226 roll 40)
Name: James McGough
Residence: Butts County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 12 July 1861
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 12 July 1861.
Enlisted in Company I, 14th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 12 July 1861.
Received a disability discharge from Company I, 14th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 2 December 1861.
Enlisted in Company G, 6th Militia Regiment Georgia on 15 July 1864.Here is an entry from the 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia on Ancestry.com "McGough, James R. 26 years, 4 months, Farmer, born Butts county, Georgia." (from Butts county, 26th Senatorial District—615th Militia District, page 67).
Joseph Howard McGough was born on March 29, 1840, in Butts county, Georgia. Joseph Howard McGough appears in the records of the Confederate States Army as James H. McGough, who is not to be confused with his brother, James Robert McGough.
The 1850 census of Butts county (district 55) , Georgia, lists these two sons (among others) of Thomas and Nancy McGure (should be McGough):
James A. McGure, age 12, born in Georgia. [James Robert McGough; a farmer; born on September 26, 1836; married Elizabeth Bankston on December 18, 1866; died on December 13, 1913, in Butts county; buried at County Line Baptist Church.
James H. McGure, age 10, born in Georgia. [whose baptismal name was Joseph Howard McGough]
"Joseph Howard McGough and his wife Sarah Finey (Finney) had one child, a girl named Ella Captolia. He served as a private in Co. I, 45th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Butts Co., Byars Volunteers. He was wounded in the shoulder and chest at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. He died of wounds in General Hospital #12 in Richmond, Va. as a result of the amputation of his shoulder joint on June 3, 1863. (Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, Vol 4, p. 913)" The McGough Family Page. (He is on an Internet publication of a muster roll of Company I, 45th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, C. S. A., Butts County, Georgia, Byars Volunteers — as James H. McGough.
A letter to Joseph's widow, Sarah, by F. P. Leverette, Surgeon, C. S. A., is published at pages 223 and 224 of The Leverett Letters: Correspondence of a South Carolina Family, 1851–1868 (edited by Frances Wallace Taylor, Catherine Taylor Matthews, and J. Tracy Power, University of South Carolina Press, 2000). The letter is dated June 29, 1863, is written from the General Hospital, Palmyra, Virginia, and is addressed to Mrs. Sarah McGeough, Cardsville, Jones county, Georgia.
Frederick Percival Leverett to Mrs. Sarah McGough
"Madam,
"It was my painful duty to have charge for the most of the time of the Ward in the hospital in Richmond in which your late husband was. Almost as soon as I was assigned to duty there, I was attracted to Mr. McGeough by the patient & I may say cheerful manner with which he bore his severe injury. So buoyant and elastic were his spirits that to within a few days of his death I felt that he really must recover, and I tried frequently to cheer him up with the prospects of his being before long restored to you. But that such was not the will of the Lord at last became apparent, and I advised his kind brother, who had nursed him indefatigably to make him aware of his true condition (two or three days before his death). Shortly before his decease I asked him if he was aware that he was fast sinking & if there was anything I could do for him. He replied that he knew he was dying & that he felt prepared and that he would be glad for me to write you & tell you how he had been, & that you must meet him in Heaven.
"I feel Madam, that the words of a perfect stranger must appear to you cold at such a time; but I would fain express my sympathy with you, for I feel assured that the Confederacy lost in Mr McGeough a brave & noble soldier, and you a true & faithful husband. Everything was done for him that could be done., (I think). He had constant and kind attendance; his brother ever at his side, and Mrs. Turner, the warm hearted Ward matron always by trying to minister to his comfort. He is now, I trust, in Heaven enjoying the bliss of the souls made perfect through Christ. May it be your happy lot, Madam, to join him there.
"Very respectfully, your obdt servant, F. P. Leverett, Surgeon, C.S.A"
A footnote to this letter in the Leverette Letters book reads:
"154. James H. McGough of the Byars Volunteers, Company I of the Forty-fifth Georgia Infantry, was mortally wounded in the shoulder and chest at Fredericksburg on 13 December, 1862, and his arm was amputated at the shoulder joint; he died in General Hospital, No. 12, Richmond, 2 June 1863."
William Marion McGough, brother of Joseph (James) Howard McGough, was also wounded at Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862 (according to Rowe, page 34, and several other sources). The dates may have become confused. If the sources are correct that Joseph (James) and William were shot at the same time and place, William was probably the brother who helped take care of Joseph (James) at the hospital in Richmond.
"Photographer in Civil War; died 10 May 1862, Chancellorsville VA, buried County Line Church." Rowe, page 32. ??? The date of death was actually June 2 or 3, 1863; the place of death was Richmond, Virginia.
James H. McGough 45th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia. Company I. Rank in: Private; rank out: Corporal (Film Number M226 roll 40)/
Name: James McGough
Residence: Butts County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 4 Mar 1862
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Georgia
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 4 March 1862 at the age of 22.
Enlisted in Company I, 45th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 4 Mar 1862.
Died from wounds Company I, 45th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 3 June 1863 at Richmond, VA.William Marion McGough was born on August 22, 1842, in Butts county, Georgia.
"William Marion McGough enlisted as a private in Company I, 14th Georgia on July 12, 1861. He was wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia on December 13, 1862. (This is the same time and place that some sources report that Joseph (aka James) Howard McGough was fatally wounded.) He surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9, 1865. Vol. 2, 400." The Butts County Boys' War by Carole E. Scott (Copyrighted, 1996)—appendix. See also: Rowe, page 34.
William M. McGough 14th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia. Company I. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M226 roll 40).
Name: William McGough
Residence: Butts County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 12 July 1861
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 12 July 1861.
Enlisted in Company I, 14th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 12 July 1861.
Surrendered Company I, 14th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 9 April 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.Benjamin Lewis McGough was born on January 3, 1849, in Butts county, Georgia.
"After four of his brothers had enlisted in the Civil War, he obtained a kittle drum and joined a boy's company as drummer. In 1865, at the age of fifteen he was mustered into Co. G, Third Georgia Reserve Troops, CSA, as regiment drummer. At this stage of the war, all males over the age of sixteen were called into service. In 1864, he was Major Drummer for Captain Wirtz at Andersonville Prison. In an account he gave in his book written in 1920, he indicated the Yankee prisoners were dying at the rate of a hundred a day, although his account stated the Confederate officers were not 'cruel or barbarous' to the Union prisoners. He indicated that the Confederates' supplies were simply exhausted. 'They were fed on a coarse food but as good as we soldiers had.' Captain Wirtz was hanged by the Union Army after the war was over for his treatment of Union prisoners at Andersonville." Rowe, page 36.
B. L. McGough 3rd Regiment, Georgia Reserves Confederate Georgia. Company G. Rank in and out: Private (Film Number M226 roll 40).
Benjamin Lewis McGough who wrote a memoir of his service at Andersonville prisoner of war camp. "Lewis McGough wrote that he was mustered in with the company known as Company G, Third Georgia Reserve Troops." Andersonville Prison Articles. Source: The Butts County Boys' War by Carole E. Scott (Copyrighted, 1996).
"Record from the History of Butts County—Benjamin Lewis McGough is listed as having been in Company G, Third Georgia Reserves and being discharged for disability, which may be why he was at home when the City of Atlanta was surrendered to General Sherman, p. 398." The Butts County Boys' War by Carole E. Scott (Copyrighted, 1996)—appendix.
My Fayette County, GA Headstone Project: — Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Indian Wars, and Civil War lists: "McGough, B. L., 1-3-1849---3-20-1923, 3rd Ga. St. Troops, Co. G., Private, Fayetteville City Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ga."
Monroe County—Five Sons of Robert L. McGough and Sandal Cabaniss
Five of the six sons of Robert L. McGough and Sandal Cabaniss served the South in the Civil War. Two of them died while in the military service of the confederacy. Rowe, page 11.
John McGough was born on September 15, 1812, in White Plains, Georgia. He had accumulated much wealth and lived in Columbus, Georgia when the Civil War began, and then moved his family to Eufala, Alabama, to one of his three plantations. (Eufaula is located in southeastern Alabama along the Alabama-Georgia border, approximately 90 miles southeast of Montgomery.)
"He was too old for active duty on the battlefield during the War f the Rebellion, but was a Captain of Co A, Naval Battalion, Georgia Home Guard. He gave not only his services but his money and resources as well. He sent a squad of negroes to Pensacola to work on the defense lines and a squad to Mobile to throw up breastworks for the defense of that port. None of his children were old enough to fight." Rowe, page 13.
John McGough Whiteside's Naval Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Local Defense) Confederate Georgia. Company A. Rank in: Private; rank out: _______ (Film Number M226 roll 40). (See: Troup County, Georgia—Whiteside's Naval Battalion Naval Local Defense.) The unit was also known as the Columbus Naval Iron Works Battalion. Also listed as John McGoff.
Robert Carson McGough was born on September 23, 1851, in Monroe county, Georgia. He was practicing law in Forsythe, Monroe county, Georgia, when the Civil War began.
"The Civil War cut short his practice and he joined Co D, 8th Regiment, Infantry, Georgia State Guards, CSA, on 4 March 1862, as a private. He was discharged for disability the same year." Rowe, page 19.
Robert C. McGough 8th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) Confederate Georgia. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M226 roll 40).
Name: R McGough
Residence: Monroe County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 4 Mar 1862
Service Record: Received a disability discharge from Company B, 45th Infantry Regiment Georgia.
Enlisted as a Private on 4 March 1862.
Enlisted in Company B, 45th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 4 Mar 1862.Mathew Organ McGough was born in 1814 in Jones county, Georgia. He was a son of Robert L. McGough and Sandal Cabaniss. He served in Company D, 8th Infantry Regiment, Georgia State Guards, CSA, according to Rowe, page 12. He never married.
Mathew O. McGough 8th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) Confederate Georgia. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M226 roll 40)
Name: Mathew McGough
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company D, 8th State Guard Infantry Regiment Georgia.Christopher Columbus McGough was born in 1833 in Monroe county, Georgia. He was a son of Robert L. McGough and Sandall Cabaniss. His brother, William T. McGough, was also killed in the Civil War. Rowe, page 12.
Christopher C. McGough 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Ramsey's) Confederate Georgia. Company K. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name C. C./McGough (Film Number M226 roll 40)
C. C. McGough 45th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia. Company B. Rank in: Bvt. 2 Lieutenant; rank out: 2 Lieutenant. Alternate Name Christopher C./McGough (Film Number M226 roll 40)
Name: Christopher McGough
Residence: Monroe County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 18 June 1861
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 18 June 1861.
Enlisted in Company K, 1st Infantry Regiment Georgia on 18 June 1861.
Mustered Out Company K, 1st Infantry Regiment Georgia on 18 Mar 1862 at Augusta, GA.
Commission in Company B, 45th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 25 September 1862.
Promoted to Full Junior 2nd Lieutenant on 25 September 1862.
Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 2 January 1863.
Killed Company B, 45th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 2 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.From: Monroe County Georgia Co B 45th Regiment (Roster):
McGough, Christopher Columbus - Enlisted as a Private
in Co. K, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's,) June 18,
1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862.
Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant of Co. B, 45th Regiment Ga.
Inf. September 25, 1862; 2d Lieutenant January 2,
1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863.From: Muster Roll of Company B, 45th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry. Army of Northern Virginia C. S. A., Monroe County, Georgia—"Rutland Volunteers" (Monroe County Civil War Rosters):
"McGough, Christopher Columbus - Enlisted as a Private in Co. K, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's,) June 18, 1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant of Co. B, 45th Regiment Ga. Inf. September 25, 1862; 2d Lieutenant January 2, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863."
William T. McGough was born in 1824 in Monroe county, Georgia. He was a son of Robert L. McGough and Sandal Cabaniss. He was wounded in the battle of New Hope Church on May 25–26, 1864. He died at Marietta, Georgia, on June 25, 1864. His brother, Mathew O. McGough, above, also died in the Civil War. Rowe, page 12.
William T. McGough 63rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia. Company E. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M226 roll 40).
'With two small boys and a pregnant wife, he joined Co E, 63rd Regiment, Gordon's regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry CSA, on 11 Dec 1862. He must have believed deeply in the cause since his third son was born 25 Jan 1863, just a little over a month after he enlisted. The records reported him sick in Marion County, GA 21 August. 1863, for twenty days. He died in Academy Hospital in Marietta, GA on 25 June 1864, but no cause of death was given." Rowe, page 23.
Listed as a Confederate Prisoner of War. (M598_28)
All Georgia Soldiers—in Alphabetical Order:
John McGoff, Confederate. Regiment Name: Whiteside's Naval Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Local Defense)
Company: A
Rank In: Private
Alternate Name: John/McGough
Film Number: M226 roll 40
B. L. McGough 3rd Regiment, Georgia Reserves Confederate Georgia. Company G. Rank in and out: Private (Film Number M226 roll 40). (See: Butts County—Five sons of William Thomas McGough and Nancy McClure under Georgia, above.)
Benjamin Lewis McGough who wrote a memoir of his service at Andersonville prisoner of war camp. "Lewis McGough wrote that he was mustered in with the company known as Company G, Third Georgia Reserve Troops." Andersonville Prison Articles. Source: The Butts County Boys' War by Carole E. Scott.
Christopher C. McGough 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Ramsey's) Confederate Georgia. Company K. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name C. C./McGough (Film Number M226 roll 40) (See the section above, also under Georgia: Monroe County—Five Sons of Robert L. McGough and Sandal Cabaniss.)
C. C. McGough 45th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia. Company B. Rank in: Bvt. 2 Lieutenant; rank out: 2 Lieutenant. Alternate Name Christopher C./McGough (Film Number M226 roll 40)
Name: Christopher McGough
Residence: Monroe County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 18 June 1861
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 18 June 1861.
Enlisted in Company K, 1st Infantry Regiment Georgia on 18 June 1861.
Mustered Out Company K, 1st Infantry Regiment Georgia on 18 Mar 1862 at Augusta, GA.
Commission in Company B, 45th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 25 September 1862.
Promoted to Full Junior 2nd Lieutenant on 25 September 1862.
Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 2 January 1863.
Killed Company B, 45th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 2 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.Christopher Columbus McGough was born in 1833 in Monroe county, Georgia. He was a son of Robert L. McGough and Sandall Cabaniss. His brother, William T. McGough, was also killed in the Civil War. Rowe, page 12.
From: Monroe County Georgia Co B 45th Regiment (Roster):
McGough, Christopher Columbus - Enlisted as a Private
in Co. K, 1st Regiment Ga. Inf. (Ramsey's,) June 18,
1861. Mustered out at Augusta, Ga. March 18, 1862.
Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant of Co. B, 45th Regiment Ga.
Inf. September 25, 1862; 2d Lieutenant January 2,
1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863.
James H. McGough 45th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia. Company I. Rank in: Private; rank out: Corporal (Film Number M226 roll 40). (See: Butts County—Five sons of William Thomas McGough and Nancy McClure under Georgia, above.)
Name: James McGough
Residence: Butts County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 4 Mar 1862
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Georgia
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 4 March 1862 at the age of 22.
Enlisted in Company I, 45th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 4 Mar 1862.
Died from wounds Company I, 45th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 3 June 1863 at Richmond, VA.
James R. McGough 14th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia. Company I. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M226 roll 40). (See: Butts County—Five sons of William Thomas McGough and Nancy McClure under Georgia, above.)
Name: James McGough
Residence: Butts County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 12 July 1861
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 12 July 1861.
Enlisted in Company I, 14th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 12 July 1861.
Received a disability discharge from Company I, 14th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 2 December 1861.
Enlisted in Company G, 6th Militia Regiment Georgia on 15 July 1864.Here is an entry from the 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia on Ancestry.com "McGough, James R. 26 years, 4 months, Farmer, born Butts county, Georgia." (from Butts county, 26th Senatorial District—615th Militia District, page 67).
The Muster Roll of Company I 14th Regiment GA Volunteer Infantry, Thomas's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia "Jeff Davis Rifles" (Organized July 9, 1861) includes (50) McGough, James Robert (DD).
John McGough Whiteside's Naval Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Local Defense) Confederate Georgia. Company A. Rank in and out: Private (Film Number M226 roll 40). (See the section above, also under Georgia: Monroe County—Five Sons of Robert L. McGough and Sandal Cabaniss.) Also listed as John McGoff.
John McGough 66th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M226 roll 40).
Name: John McGough
Enlistment Date: 17 August 1863
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 17 August 1863.
Enlisted in Company D, 66th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 17 August 1863.
Surrendered Company D, 66th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 26 April 1865 at Greensboro, NC.This is son of James Carson McGough and Mary Hollingsworth. John McGough was born to Mary Hollingsworth on October 25, 1846, in Bibb (or Twiggs) county, Georgia—before her marriage to James Carson McGough, and family tradition is that he was adopted by James Carson McGough. He is listed with his parents as age 13 in the 1860 census of Marion, Twiggs county, Georgia. He is also listed in the 1900 census of Macon, Bibb county: John McGough (father of Ella V. King), age 53, born in October, 1846, to parents born in Georgia, shoe and harness maker (roll 181, page 182). John McGough married Louisa Mercer, and died in Atlanta, Fulton county, Georgia, on January 31, 1926. Rowe, page 226. Company D (Mangham Infantry) of the 66th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was drawn mostly from Bibb and Jones counties, Georgia.
Here is an entry from the "Muster Roll of Company D, 66th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry—Army of Tennessee—Bibb and Jones Counties—Mangham Infantry":
"McGough, John----private August 17, 1863. In Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Ga., with pneumonia March 23, 1864. Returned to duty April 15, 1864. Roll for July-August 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show that he surrendered at Greenaboro, N. C., April 26, 1865 . (Born in Twiggs Co., Ga., October 25, 1846. Died at Confederate Soldiers Home, Atlanta, Ga., January 31, 1926. Buried there in West View Cemetery February 1, 1926.)."
Mathew O. McGough 8th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) Confederate Georgia. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M226 roll 40)
Matthew Organ McGough was born in 1814 in Jones county, Georgia. He was to son of Robert L. McGough and Sandal Cabaniss. He served in Company D, 8th Infantry Regiment, Georgia State Guards, CSA, according to Rowe, page 12.
Patrick McGough 47th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia. Company A. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M226 roll 40).
Name: Patrick McGough
Residence: Chatham County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 3 Mar 1862
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 3 March 1862.
Enlisted in Company A, 11th Battalion Infantry Regiment Georgia on 3 Mar 1862.
Transferred Company A, 47th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 12 May 1862.
Transferred out of Company A, 11th Battalion Infantry Regiment Georgia on 12 May 1862.
Absent without leave Company A, 47th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 30 January 1863.P. McGough (not on basic list) (I am assuming he is the same person as Patrick McGough.)
Company B, 1st Georgia, Confederate prisoner of war, captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on December 31, 1862; died in captivity on April 27, 1863. (M598_55)
"McGough, Patrick-private March 3, 1862. Transferred to Co. A, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Roll for December 1862, shows him absent, sick. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him absent without leave since January 30, 1863. No later record." Muster Roll of Company A, 11th Battalion, Georgia Infantry, Army of Tennessee C. S. A. Chatham County, Georgia—Mitchell Volunteer Guards. (Rosters of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia). (# www.researchonline.net/gacw/rosters/11thbata.htm; a cached page on Google on June 1, 2008.)
Robert C. McGough 8th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) Confederate Georgia. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M226 roll 40). (See the section above, also under Georgia: Monroe County—Five Sons of Robert L. McGough and Sandal Cabaniss.)
Name: R McGough
Residence: Monroe County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 4 Mar 1862
Service Record: Received a disability discharge from Company B, 45th Infantry Regiment Georgia.
Enlisted as a Private on 4 March 1862.
Enlisted in Company B, 45th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 4 Mar 1862.
Tally McGough 3rd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry Confederate Georgia. Company B. Rank in and out: First Corporal (Film Number M226 roll 40) [The only known son of James Carson McGough and his first wife, born on July 10, 1833, in Bibb county, Georgia, married Elizabeth Daniel on May 20, 1856, in Jones county, Georgia. Tally, Elizabeth, and their son John Alonzo McGough, are listed in the 1860 census of Chattahoochee County (Military District 1104), Georgia. and the 1870 census of Chattahoochee County (Cussetta District), Georgia. Rowe, page 227. John McGough, above, was born to James Carson McGough's second wife, Mary Hollingsworth. on October 25, 1846, in Bibb (or Twiggs) county, Georgia—before her marriage to James Carson McGough, and family tradition is that he was adopted by James Carson McGough.
Tally married a second time after the death of Elizabeth, who died either on July 19, 1898, or December 19, 1889. He died in 1909 in Dooley county, Georgia, and is buried there beside Elizabeth in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Vienna, Georgia. Rowe, page 228.]
F. McGough 3rd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry Confederate Georgia. Company B. Rank in and out: First Corporal. Alternate Name Talley/McGough (Film Number M226 roll 40)
Talley McGough, Corporal, Company B, 3rd Georgia Cavalry, captured at Stone's River, Confederate Prisoner of War (M598_38)
William M. McGough 14th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia. Company I. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M226 roll 40). (See: Butts County—Five sons of William Thomas McGough and Nancy McClure under Georgia, above.)
Name: William McGough
Residence: Butts County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 12 July 1861
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 12 July 1861.
Enlisted in Company I, 14th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 12 July 1861.
Surrendered Company I, 14th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 9 April 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.Name: William M. McGough
Side: Confederate
Regiment Name: 14th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
Company: I
Rank in and out: Private
Film Number: M226 roll 40The Muster Roll of Company I 14th Regiment GA Volunteer Infantry, Thomas's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia "Jeff Davis Rifles" (organized July 9, 1861) includes (51) McGough, William M. (S),
The Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry lists: McGough, William M. (Scott county). Born: Aug 22, 1842. Pvt; Co. I, 14th GA Inf. Morton MS.
William T. McGough 63rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia. Company E. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M226 roll 40). (See the section above, also under Georgia: Monroe County—Five Sons of Robert L. McGough and Sandal Cabaniss.)
Listed as a Confederate Prisoner of War. (M598_28)
William T. McGough was born in 1824 in Monroe county, Georgia. He was a son of Robert L. McGough and Sandal Cabaniss. He was wounded in the battle of New Hope Church on May 25–26, 1864. He died at Marietta, Georgia, on June 25, 1864. His brother, Mathew O. McGough, above, also died in the Civil War. Rowe, page 12. See: Monroe County, Georgia, Biographies — R. C. McGough, which says that William T. McGough died in Georgia in July, 1964.
'With two small boys and a pregnant wife, he joined Co E, 63rd Regiment, Gordon's regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry CSA, on 11 Dec 1862. He must have believed deeply in the cause since his third son was born 25 Jan 1863, just a little over a month after he enlisted. The records reported him sick in Marion County, GA 21 August. 1863, for twenty days. He died in Academy Hospital in Marietta, GA on 25 June 1864, but no cause of death was given." Rowe, page 23.
John McGue, age 16 years, 11 months, farmer, born in Georgia, is listed in Taylor county, 23rd Senatorial District—737th Militia District, in the 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia (page 592), on Ancestry.com. (Next to him is listed T. McGue, 52 years, 3 months, farmer, born in Georgia.)
John McGeough (not on basic list)
John McGeough, whose service was in Hospital Corps, U.S.A., filed a claim from California as an invalid on April 29, 1906. His widow, Olivia McGeough, filed a widow's claim from California on September 17, 1929. (Pension Index).
Peter L. McGue (not on basic list)
Peter L. McGue, whose service was in Hospital Corps, U.S.A., and Company B, 5th U.S. Cavalry, and Company G, 7th U.S. Cavalry, filed a claim from Kansas as an invalid on October 4, 1914. (Pension Index).
See: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database (Illinois Civil War Search Results).
John McGoff, Union, 74th Regiment, Illinois Infantry.
Enlisted on August 15, 1863. Residence: Oregon, Illinois.
Company: G
Rank in and out: Private
Discharged form wounds: May 18, 1864.
Film Number: M539 roll 59John McGoff, who served in Company G. 74th Illinois Infantry, filed a claim as an invalid on June 12, 1864. Hs widow, Phebe McGoff, filed a widow's claim from Iowa on July 25, 1893. Civil War Pension Index on Ancestry.com.
Bernard McGough 8th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry Union Illinois. Company A. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M539 roll 59)
Name: Bernard McGough
Residence: Lodi, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 12 September 1861
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 12 September 1861.
Enlisted in Company A, 8th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 18 September 1861.
Received a disability discharge from Company A, 8th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 24 June 1862.McGough, Bernard, Pvt A 8 IL US Cav Lodi, Kane Co, IL (with his brother, Christopher McGough, below.).
Bernard McGough of Company A, 8th Illinois Cavalry, is buried in Forest Home Cemetery in Cook county, Illinois. Database of 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor.
See the listing for John McGough, who was living with P. G. Jennings, in the 1860 census of St. Charles township, Kane county, Illinois.
Christopher McGough 8th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry Union Illinois. Company A. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M539 roll 59)
Name: Christopher McGough
Residence: Lodi, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 12 September 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 12 September 1861.
Enlisted in Company A, 8th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 18 September 1861.
Received a disability discharge from Company A, 8th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 15 August 1862.Christopher McGough 17th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry Union Illinois. Company C. Rank in and out: Corporal (Film Number M539 roll 59)
Name: Christopher McGough
Residence: Blackberry, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 30 December 1863
Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 30 December 1863.
Enlisted in Company C, 17th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 22 January 1864.
Discharged from Company C, 17th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 23 October 1865.Christopher McGough, whose service was in Company A, 8th Illinois Cavalry, and Company C., 17th Illinois Cavalry, filed a claim from Kansas as an invalid on July 8, 1890.
Illinois Civil War Search Results lists this soldier as: McGough, Christopher Corporal C 17th Ill Cav Blackberry, Kane Co, Illinois. He is also listed as McGough, Christopher Private A 8 Il US Cav Lodi, Kane Co., Il. (with his brother, Bernard McGough).
See the listing for John McGough, who was living with P. G. Jennings, in the 1860 census of St. Charles township, Kane county, Illinois.
James McGough 20th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Union Illinois. Company E. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M539 roll 59).
Name: James McGough
Residence: Clinton, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 13 June 1861
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 13 June 1861.
Enlisted in Company E, 20th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 13 June 1861.
Discharged from Company E, 20th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 13 June 1864.James McGough 9th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry Union Illinois. Company M. Rank in: Private; rank out: Corporal (Film Number M539 roll 59)
Name: James McGough
Residence: Chicago, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 1 Mar 1865
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Service Record: Promoted to Full Corporal.
Enlisted as a Private on 1 March 1865.
Enlisted in Company M, 9th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 1 Mar 1865.
Mustered Out Company M, 9th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 31 October 1865 at Selma, AL.Bridget McGough, widow of James McGough, whose service was in Company E., 20th Illinois Infantry, and Company M, 9th Illinois Calvary, applied for a widow's benefit in Illinois on November 3, 1879.
Illinois Civil War Search Results lists this soldier as: McGraugh, James Private E 20h Il US Inf Clinton, DeWitt Co, Il.
Here are excerpts from a letter from "Zeita, Co. E, 20th Ill. Vets" published on July 7, 1864 — From the 20th Ill Regiment Near Big Shanty, Georgia, June 15, 1864:
"Mr. Editor:— Perhaps it would be of interest to some of the readers of the 'Public,' to know of the whereabouts of E Co. 20th Ill. Vols., and as I had but little to do, I thought I would write you. Our regiment, in connection with the balance of the troops now comprising the 17th army corps, joined the grand army under Sherman at Ackworth Station, Ga., on the afternoon of the 8th inst., after a march of over 350 miles, since the 16th ult. Part of the march was made through a portion of country never infested by Northern vandals. During the march from Huntsville, Ala., to Rome, we crossed three different mountains (the Coosa, Sand, and a part of the range of Lookout mountain) and an innumerable number of rivers, creeks, &c. ...
"Our officers today have been busy making out the papers preparatory to mustering out the non-veterans. Those of our company are about ready and will start back in the course of a week. They are, James H. Lemen, Gus Baylie, J. W. Beatty, J. G. Bolton, R. B. Gibbs, Geo. A. Hall, The. McGee, Al. Kneadler, James McGough, Asa Wilson, David Schmids, R. B. Moody, and Jas. P. Yeamans. There are several others, but their papers cannot be made out at present. I want to see in the paper an account of these receiving a warm and hearty reception from the generous citizens of DeWitt. They are generous, noble-hearted, brave boys, and we regret much that they are going to leave us. But they think they have done their share in the putting down of the rebellion. They think rightly too, for if some of those who have stayed home had come out as they should have done, there would have been no need of any of us 'veteranizing.' But they stay at home and fire in our rear, so we have to fight the harder. We will clean these rebs out through this year and come home, and then Mr. Opposers of this war, stand back, for it will be our time to dance."
Illinois Civil War Search Results also lists: McGough, James Private M 9 Il US Cav Chicago, Cook Co, Il.
James McGough of Company E of the 9th Illinois Cavalry and Company M of the 20th Illinois Infantry is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, DeKalb county, Illinois. Database of 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor.
Michael McGough (not on basic list)
Illinois Civil War Search Results lists: McGough, Michael Private 13 US Inf Ela. No company is listed, and the only other information available on this site is "Joined When" — January, 1865, and a note that the information was taken from a published report of the Adjutant General of Illinois. (There is an Ela township in southwest Lake county, Illinois, which includes the village of Lake Zurich, .about 40 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.)May be the Michael McGough, age 21, farm hand, born in Ireland, listed in the 1860 census of Elizabeth township, Jo Daviess county, Illinois (under John McGough).
Thomas McGough 6th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry Union Illinois. Company E. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Thomas/McGoe (Film Number M539 roll 59).
Name: Thomas McGough
Residence: Olney, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 28 October 1863
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 October 1863.
Enlisted in Company E, 6th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 30 November 1863.
Received a disability discharge from Company E, 6th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 26 July 1865.The roster of Company "E" 6th Illinois Cavalry lists
"McGOUGH, Thomas, Recruit, Olney November 30, 1863. Discharged July 26, 1865; disabil."
Sarah Jane McGough, widow of Thomas McGough, Company E, 6th Illinois, Calvary, made a widow's claim on June 4, 1898, The claim was made from Alabama.
Illinois Civil War Search Results lists this soldier as: McGough, Thomas Private E 6th Il US Cav Il
Thomas McGough was the fifth son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix, and was born in Alabama on January 29, 1842. Rowe, page 94. He is covered above under Alabama, Walker County—Seven Sons of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix.
Peter McGue 35th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Union Illinois. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Peter/McCue (Film Number M539 roll 59).
The Roster of the Thirty-Fifth Infantry Regiment — Three Years Service, at page 700, lists McCue, Peter, Private, residence of Danville, with a note: "Died at Stevenson, Ala. October 30, 1863."
John C. McGoff, Union, 34th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
Enlisted on November 15, 1864. Residence: Jay county, Indiana.
Company B
Rank in and out: Private
Alternate Name: John E./McGoff
Mustered out: November14. 1865.
Film Number: M540 roll 49
John McGough 5th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry Union Kansas. Company F. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M542 roll 6).
John McGough 16th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry Union Kansas. Company F. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name John/McGaugh (Film Number M542 roll 6)
Name: John McGough
Enlistment Date: 12 July 1861
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 12 July 1861.
Enlisted in Company F, 5th Cavalry Regiment Kansas on 12 July 1861.
Killed Company F, 5th Cavalry Regiment Kansas on 4 July 1863 at Helena, AR.On November 3, 1873, Margaret Guimon, mother of John McGough of company F, 5th Kansas Cavalry, applied for a pension.
Kansas Civil War Soldiers (on Ancestry.com) about John C. McGough:
Name: McGough, John C.
Rank: Private
Company: F (5th Kansas Cavalry)
DATE ENLST: July 12, 1861
DATE MUSTR: July 12, 1861
Remarks: Killed in action July 4, 1863, Helena, Ark.John McGough of Company F, 5th Kansas, was killed in a Civil War battle near Helena, Arkansas, on August 4, 1863. Daily Times [Leavenworth, KS] August 16, 1863, page 2, chapter 2—From the Fifth Kansas—Helena, Ark., August 8, 1863.
John I. McGue 18th Battalion, Kansas Cavalry Union Kansas. Company C. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name John J./McGue ( Film Number M542 roll 6)
John J. McGue 16th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry Union Kansas.
Name: John McGue
Residence: Osa, Kansas
Enlistment Date: 23 July 1864
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 23 July 1864.
Enlisted in Company L, 16th Cavalry Regiment Kansas on 27 August 1864.
Mustered Out Company L, 16th Cavalry Regiment Kansas on 6 December 1865.John J. McGue, whose service was in Company L, 165h Kansas Cavalry, filed a claim from California as an invalid on December 23, 1889. His widow, Marie McGue, filed a claim from California, on October 8, 1924. (Pension Index).
William K. McGue 19th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry (6 months) Union Kansas. Company I, Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M542 roll 6)
Pat McGoff, Union, 1st Battalion, Louisville Provost Guard, Kentucky Volunteers.
Enlisted on October 3, 1861, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Company: A
Rank in and out: Private
Mustered out on October 3, 1862, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Film Number: M386 roll 18The 1860 census of Louisville (Ward 8), Jefferson county, Kentucky, lists Pat McGoff, age 25, born in Ireland, laborer, apparently single and living with his mother, Susan McGoff, age 65, born in Ireland, in the home of his brother, Barney McGoff, age 28, carpenter, born in Ireland, and Barney's wife, Winnefred, age 26, born in Ireland. The same census of Louisville (Ward 6) lists Patrick McGoff, age 30, born in Ireland, a day laborer, with his wife, Catherine (Cavanagh), also born in Ireland, and three children, all born in Kentucky: Thomas, age 6; Mary, age 4 (born Nay 12, 1856, to Pat McGoff and Catherine Cavanagh); and Ellen, age 2.
Catharine McGoff, widow of Patrick McGoff who served in Company A, Louisville Prov. Gds, Ky. Inf., filed a claim for a widow's pension on November 17, 1918, from Kentucky. On July 19, 1890, a claim as an invalid was filed, also from Kentucky. Civil War Pension Index on Ancestry.com.
Barny McGough 5th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry Confederate Kentucky. Company I. Rank in and out: Private (Film Number M377 roll 9)
B. McGough Morgan's Men, Kentucky Confederate Kentucky. Company C. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name: Barny/McGough. (Film Number M377 roll 9)
Name: Barry McGough
Enlistment Date: 2 September 1862
Enlistment Place: Georgetown, Kentucky
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Kentucky
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 2 September 1862.
Enlisted in Company I, 5th Cavalry Regiment Kentucky on 2 September 1862.Larkin W. McGough 17th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry Union Kentucky. Company D. Rank in: Private; rank out: 1 Corporal (Film Number M386 roll 18).
Name: Larkin W. McGugh
Side: Union
Regiment Name: 17th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
Company: D
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Corporal
Alternate Name: Larkin W./McGoughNancy J. McGough, widow of Larkin W. McGough, of Company D, 17th Kentucky Cavalry, applied for a widow's benefit on July 25, 1917. A claim by Larkin as an invalid was filed on May 16, 1892.
Larkin Washington McGough was the son of Thomas Miles McGough and Annie S. Johnson, born March 4, 1845 , in Fredonia, Caldwell county, Kentucky. He was living with his parents in 1860 and is listed as Washington McGough, age 16, a farm laborer, born in Kentucky, in the 1860 census of Caldwell county, Kentucky. L. W. McGough married Nancy J. Hillyard in Caldwell county on October 26, 1865.
Union Parish—Five Sons of Robert Joseph McGough and Nancy Mary P. Johnson
All four McGoughs who served in Louisiana units in the Civil War were sons of Robert Joseph McGough and Nancy Mary P. Johnson. Another son, Eugene Lovert McGough, served in the 24th Arkansas Infantry (Companies E, F, and O), and is listed under Arkansas, above. See Rowe, page 172. In the order of birth, these sons were:
Joseph P. McGough, born on April 6, 1829, in Perry county, Alabama. Rowe, page 175.
Eugene Lovert McGough, born on June 15, 1830, in Perry county, Alabama. Rowe page186. [McGough, McGeough, and McGue Soldiers in U.S. Civil War, 1861–1865 under Louisiana. [He is listed in the 1860 census of Missouri township, Hempstead county, Arkansas. Rowe, page 186.]
Hezekiah George "Henry" McGough, born on August 4, 1837, in Perry county, Alabama. Rowe, page 190.
James Presley McGough, born on April 5, 1840, in Montgomery county, Alabama. Rowe, page 194.
John Lawrence McGough, born on January 28, 1846, in Union parish, Louisiana. Rowe, page 192.
A sixth son who served in the Civil War may possibly be the L. C. McGough who served as a Private in the 18th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry. (See Mississippi, below.)
Lloyd M. Johnson McGough, born on April, 1833, in Perry county, Alabama. Rowe, page 173.
The four sons who served in Louisiana units are listed immediately below in alphabetical order:
Hezekiah G. McGough 31st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry Confederate Louisiana. Company H. Rank in: Corporal; rank out: Sergeant (Film Number M378 roll 19). [Enlisted May 14, 1862, in Monroe, Louisiana, according to Rowe, page 190. His brother, Joseph P. McGough (listed below), enlisted at the same time and place.]
Hezekiah G. McGough 5th Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry Confederate Louisiana. Company I. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M378 roll 19)
E. McGough 31st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry Confederate Louisiana. Company H. Rank in: Corporal; rank out: Sergeant Alternate Name Hezekiah G./McGaugh (Film Number M378 roll 19)
H. G. McGough, Private, Sergeant, 31st Louisiana, company H, captured at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. (Confederate Prisoner of War Records, prisoner #359, Roll M2072_1 ). Private, captured May 26, 1865, at New Orleans; paroled on June 12, 1865, at Monroe Louisiana; residence, Union. (M598_74)
"Confederate Research Sources, Volume 2, Mc., page 1199: Mcgough, Hezekiah G., Corp. Sergt. Co. H, 31st La. Inf. En. Monroe, La., May 14, 1862. Roll November and December, 1862, Present, promoted to 5th Sergeant, November 1, 1862. Roll January and February, 1863, Present, promoted from 5th Sergeant, to 4th Sergeant, January 1, 1863, by Special Orders No. ?, of Colonel C. H. Morrison. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured and Paroled Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863. On iist dated Headquarters, Allen's Brig., Shreveport, La., March 29, 1864, reported in camp for exchange at Vienna, La., before April 1, 1864.
"Mcgough, Hezekiah G., Private Co. I, 5th La. Cavalry Roll of Prisoners of War, C. S. A., Paroled Monroe, La., June 12, 1865. Res. Union Par., La." Louisiana Confederate Soldiers on Ancestry.com
Hezekiah George "Henry" McGough, who was born on August 4, 1837, in Perry county, Alabama, was a son of Robert Joseph McGough and Nancy Mary P. Johnson. Rowe, pages 173 and 190. He is listed with his parents in the 1860 census of Union parish, Louisiana. Hezekiah died in November 1865, about five months after his parole as a prisoner of war on June 12, 1865. His widow, Louisa Fenton McGough, is listed in the 3rd ward of Union Parish, Louisiana, in the 1880 census. John Lawrence McGough, who was born on January 28, 1846, in Union parish, Louisiana, was a son of Robert Joseph McGough and Nancy Mary P. Johnson. Rowe, pages 173 and 192.
James P. McGough 6th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry Confederate Louisiana. Company A, Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M378 roll 19)
J. B. McGough 6th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry Confederate Louisiana. Company A Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name James P./McGough (Film Number M378 roll 19)
Listed as a Confederate Prisoner of War is J. P. McGough, Company A, 6th Louisiana (M598_118) (M598_129). He was captured near Petersburg on March 25, 1865; he was released on June 29, 1865. (M598_115)
"Confederate Research Sources, Volume 2, Mc., page 1199: Mcgough, James P., Private Co. A, 6th La. Inf. En. March 13, 1862, Union Par., La. Present or absent not stated on Rolls to August, 1862. Rolls September, 1862, to August, 1863, Present, acting Hospital Steward, until August 18, 1863. Rolls September, 1863, to April, 1864, Present. Rolls May, 1864, to August, 1864, Absent, sick in Hospital Roll September and October, 1864, Present. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured near Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Forwd. to Pt. Lookout, Md., from City Pt., Va., March 28, 1865. Released on Oath, June 29, 1865, complexion fair, hair red, eyes hazel, height 5 ft. 11 in., Res. Union Par., La." Louisiana Confederate Soldiers on Ancestry.com
James Presley McGough was a son of Robert Joseph McGough and Nancy Mary P. Johnson, who was born on April 5, 1840, in Montgomery, Alabama. Rowe, at page 194, summarizes his Civil War service as follows: "He joined Co. 'A' 6th LA Inf, CSA, on 13 Mar 1862, at Union Parish LA. He is listed as being a doctor. The war had been going on for just over a year. He was a stewart in a hospital from Sep 1862 to August. 1863. He was shown as sick in the hospital Sep and Oct 1864, and was captured near Petersburg, 25 Mar 1865, and shown on the Federal rolls of prisoners of war. He was sent to Pt Lookout MD, and released on oath on 29 June 1865, after the war ended. He is said to have walked home to Louisiana from Virginia after his release from the Federal prison."
Company A. 6th Louisiana Infantry, was known as the Sabine Rifles. Their roster included J. P. McGaugh, J. B. McGough, and James P. McGough, all privates. They were probably one person. Company A was also known as the Union and Sabine Rifles.
CARAT—Catalog of Arkansas Resources and Archival Treasures lists this Arkansas Confederate Pension:
Surname: McGough
Given Name: James P.
Application Number: 8185
Widow Surname: McGough
Widow Given Name:
Company: A
Regiment: 6
State Served From: Louisiana
Division: Infantry
Pension County: Nevada (Arkansas)
Death Date: 4/22/1917
Application Year: 1910
Comments: widow applied 1917John L. McGough 5th Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry Confederate Louisiana. Company I. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M378 roll 19)
Confederate prisoner of war, captured May 26, 1865, at New Orleans; paroled on June 12, 1865, at Monroe Louisiana; residence, Union. (M598_74)
"Confederate Research Sources, Volume 2, Mc., page 1199: Mcgough, John L.,Private Co. I, 5th La. Cavalry Roll of Prisoners of War, C. S. A., Paroled Monroe, La., June 12, 1865. Res. Union Par., La." Louisiana Confederate Soldiers on Ancestry.com
John Lawrence McGough was another son of Robert Joseph McGough and Nancy Mary P. Jonson, and younger brother of both Joseph McGough and Hezekiah G. McGough, both of whom are listed in this section. John was born on January 28, 1846, in Union parish, Louisiana, and enlisted when he was 16. Rowe, page 192.
Joseph McGough 31st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry Confederate Louisiana. Company H. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M378 roll 19)
Joseph McGough, Corporal, 31st Louisiana, Company H, captured at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. (Confederate Prisoner of War Records). (M2072_1).
"Confederate Research Sources, Volume 2, Mc., page 1199: Mcgough, Joseph, Private Co. H, 31st La. Inf. En. Monroe, La., May 14, 1862. Roll November and December, 1862, Present. Appointed 4th Corp., November 1, 1862. Roll January and February, 1863, Present, promoted from 4th Corp. to 1st Corp., January 1, 1863, by Special Order No. ?, of Colonel C. H. Morrison. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured and paroled Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863. On List dated Headquarters, Allen's Brig., Shreveport, La., March 29, 1864, Reported in camp for exchange at Vienna, La., before April 1, 1864. On Roll of Prisoners of War, C. S. A., Paroled Monroe, La., June 12, 1865. Res. Union Par., La." Louisiana Confederate Soldiers on Ancestry.com
Joseph McGough was a son of Robert Joseph McGough and Nancy Mary P. Johnson, and older brother of Hezekiah G. McGough and John Lawrence McGough, both of whom are listed above. Joseph was born on April 6, 1829, in Perry county, Alabama. Joseph and Hezekiah both enlisted on May 14, 1862, in Union parish Louisiana. Rowe, page 175.
Louisiana Secretary of State—Confederate Pension Applications Index lists Joseph Mc Gough (the space in Mc Gough is necessary to make the index work properly):
Reel: CP1.94 -- Microdex 3 -- Sequence 36
Target card: MC GOUGH, JOSEPHApplicant Information & Name Variations:
MC GOUGH, JOSEPH
Parish: WINN -- Pages: 6Soldier Information & Variations:
MC GOUGH, JOSEPH
State: LA
Branch: INFANTRY
Unit: 31ST REGIMENT
Company: CO. H
(Above military data is from the War Department.)State: LA
Branch: INFANTRY
Unit: 31ST REGIMENT
Company: FARMER'S CO.
(Above military data is from the War Department.)
Patrick McGoff , Confederate, 1st Regiment (Regulars), Louisiana Infantry (Strawbridge's).
Company: I
Rank in and out: Private
Film Number: M378 roll 19
Brantley* McGue 5th Regiment, Maryland Infantry Union Maryland . Company C. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Brantly/Magire (more likely Maguire) (Film Number M388 roll 8).
Name: Brantley McGue
Enlistment Date: 20 October 1864
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 20 October 1864.
Enlisted in Company C, 5th Infantry Regiment Maryland on 20 October 1864.
Dishonorably discharged Company C, 5th Infantry Regiment Maryland on 26 February 1865.See: Archives of Maryland Online and go to History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861–6, Volume 1 Volume 367, Page 192 where you will find this entry: "McGue, Brantley, Private, .Oct. 20, 1864, Feb. 26, 1865, Dishonorably discharged."
*The first name is spelled Brantly in the Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System but Brantley in the Maryland Archives and other indexes.
Thomas McGough (not on basic list)
Thomas McGough, A. 3d A. Eng., is listed in the Archives of Maryland, Volume 0366, page 0021—History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-6, Volume 2, as a Maryland volunteer in the US Navy and Marine Corps on March 21, 1862. He died on September 29, 1864, while he was on active duty during the Civil War.
Maryland Soldiers in the Civil War, volume 2, on Ancestry.com, lists:
Name: McGough, Thomas
Rank: A. 3d A. Eng.
Enlistment/Muster In: March 21, 1862
Discharge/Muster Out: Died September 29, 1864.Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775–1900, on Ancestry.com, lists:
Name: Thomas McGough
Rank Information: Acting Third Assistant Engineer
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798–1900)
Death Date: 29 Sep 1864.
James McGoff, Union, 39th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry.
Mustered in on December 28, 1863, at the age of 25. Residence: Woburn, Massachusetts. Occupation: currier.
Company: K
Rank in and out: Private
Mustered out: June 30, 1865
Film Number: M544 roll 26James McGoff, who served in Company K, 39th Massachusetts Infantry, filed a claim as an invalid on November 14, 1867. His widow, Bridget McGoff, filed a widow's claim on August 16, 1896, from Massachusetts, Civil War Pension Index on Ancestry.com.
James McGoff is listed in the 1890 Veterans Schedule of Woburn, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, as having served in a private in Company K, 39th Massachusetts Infantry, from March 15, 1862, until July 3, 1865, for total service of 3 years, 3 months and 18 days. He was living at 6 Spring Court, Woburn, and had been shot in the right thigh.
James McGoff, Union. Regiment Name: 32nd Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry.
Company: L
Rank in and out: Private
Film Number: M544 roll 26Lawrence E. McGoff, Union, 4th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry.
Enlisted on September 23, 1862, at the age of 38. Residence: Hanson, Massachusetts. Farmer. Enlisted in Company E on September 26, 1862.
Company: E
Rank in and out: Private
Mustered out: August 28, 1863, at Camp Hooker, Lakeville, Massachusetts.
Death date: January 3, 1889.
Film Number: M544 roll 26.Ann McGoff, widow of Lawrence McGoff, who served in Company E, 4th Massachusetts Infantry, filed a widow's claim from Massachusetts on March 29, 1889. Lawrence McGoff filed a claim as an invalid on June 14, 1879. Civil War Pension Index on Ancestry.com.
Michael McGoff, Union, 8th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (9 months, 1862-63).
Enlisted on September 30.\, 1862, at the age of 29. Residence: North Andover, Massachusetts.
Company: K
Rank in and out: Private
Deserted on November 24, 1863, at Wenham, Massachusetts.
Film Number: M544 roll 26Noerh Andover—Remembering local Civil War veterans, by Ted Tupp, lists Michael McGoff under "Those called "Aliens who lived elsewhere but were arbitrarily credited to North Andover."
Peter McGoff, Union, 22nd Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry.
Enlisted August 10, 1861, at the age of 25. Residence: Woburn, Massachusetts. Occupation: currier.
Company F
Rank in and out: Private
Mustered out on October 17, 1864, at Boston, Massachusetts.
Film Number: M544 roll 26Peter McGoff, who served in Company F, 22nd Massachusetts Infantry, filed a claim as an invalid on April 18, 1881. from Massachusetts. Civil War Pension Index on Ancestry.com.
Peter McGoff is listed in the 1890 Veterans Schedules as having served as a private in Company F, 22nd Massachusetts Infantry, from August 10, 1861, to October 17, 1864, for total service of 3 years, 2 months and 7 days. He was living at 35 Highland, Woburn and had been shot in the left leg.
James McGough 27th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry Union Massachusetts. Company C. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M544 roll 26)
Name: James McGough
Residence: Adams, Massachusetts
Occupation: Laborer
Enlistment Date: 7 March 1865
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 7 March 1865 at the age of 18.
Enlisted in Company C, 27th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 7 March 1865.
Mustered Out Company C, 27th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 26 June 1865 at New Berne, NC.See: Massachusetts 27th Infantry Regiment. The roster of Company C lists:
McGough, James. Age: 18. Private. Occupation: Laborer. Adams, Massachusetts.
James A. McGough (not on basic list)
James A. McGough, whose service was in Company A, 5th Massachusetts Infantry, and Company E., U. S. V. Infantry, applied for veteran's benefits in Massachusetts, on December 21, 1931.
Lawrence McGough, Private, Company E, 4th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (not on basic list).
(1890) Ann McGough, a resident of Hanover, Plymouth county, Massachusetts, is listed in the 1890 Veterans Schedules (house number 204, family number 215, M-123, roll 11, page. line 2, Enumeration District: 712) as the widow of Lawrence McGough, Private, Company E, 4th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry. Date of Enlistment September 26, 1862. Date of Discharge August 28, 1863. Length of Service 11 months 2 days. Address Hanson, Massachusetts. Disability incurred: Malarial Fever.
Listed on basic list as Lawrence E. McGoff, 4th Massachusetts Infantry, Company E (M544. roll 26)
Michael McGough 8th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (9 months, 1862–63) Union Massachusetts. Company K. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Michael/McGoff (Film Number M544 roll 26).
Patrick McGough 19th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry Union Massachusetts. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M544 roll 26). [Also listed as Patrick McGeough under Vermont.]
Name: Patrick McGeough
Residence: Fairfield, Vermont
Occupation: Laborer
Enlistment Date: 24 February 1864
Side Served: Union
State Served: Massachusetts
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 February 1864 at the age of 24.
Enlisted in Company D, 19th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 24 February 1864.
Received a disability discharge from Company D, 19th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 26 April 1864.Patrick McGeough, whose service was in Company D, 19th Massachusetts Infantry, filed a claim as an invalid on February 27, 1865. (Pension Files).
George McGue 27th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry Union Massachusetts. Company H. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M544 roll 26). Private George McGue of company H, 27th Massachusetts Infantry, is listed in the Andersonville Prisoner of War Records: "Held at Andersonville and survived. Capture Date: April 16, 1864. Capture Site: Drurys Bluff, Virginia. Exchanged on April 1/5 (?), 1864.
Name: George McGue
Residence: Adams, Massachusetts
Occupation: Spinner
Enlistment Date: 11 February 1864
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 11 February 1864 at the age of 18.
Enlisted in Company H, 27th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 11 February 1864.
Mustered Out Company H, 27th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 15 June 1865.Bearing Arms in the 27th MA Regiment—Chapter 14, page 255, lists among those wounded on May 6, 1864, in a battle near the Port Wathall Junction in an "open field known as the 'Mary Dunn Farm,' in full view of the junction of the Richmond and Petersburg, and Port Walthall branch railroads. :
"George McGue, Company H, Adams, left arm."
The same source says that George McGue was among 249 men of the 27th Massachusetts Regiment taken prisoner by the Confederates at Drury's Bluff, Virginia, on May16, 1864. (page 282). [See The history of the Massachusetts 27th Infantry Regiment.]
"In two ranks, with a heavy guard, and a stalwart rebel, bearing our three flags, leading the column, our captured men marched over fields strewn thick with dead. Over the clash of arms was heard the agonizing wail of the wounded and dying; and when the prisoners reached the bluff, the long rows of dead and wounded lying near the fort, made it clear that the victory over our slender column had been secured at a terrible cost. The captives were marched down the steep embankment of the bluff to a steamer, and by nine o'clock were in Richmond, the butt of jests, and a gazing-stock to the curious. They were immediately marched to Libby Prison, where the officers were confined in the third, and the men in the second story of that famous gaol." (page 274)
See: Massachusetts 27th Infantry Regiment. The roster of Company H lists:
McGue, George. Age 18. Private. Occupation: Spinner. Adams, Massachusetts.
John McGue 49th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Militia) Union Massachusetts, Company G. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M544 roll 26)
Nicholas McGue 28th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry Union Massachusetts. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M544 roll 26).
Name: Nicholas McGue
Enlistment Date: 4 January 1862
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 4 January 1862 at the age of 19.
Enlisted in Company D, 28th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 4 January 1862.
Died of disease Company D, 28th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 11 April 1862 at Hilton Head, SC.See: 28 Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry—4th Regiment, Irish Brigade—Muster Sheets The roster of Company D lists: "McGue, Nicholas. Private. ---, 19, ---; enl. and must. 1/4/1862; died of disease, 4/11/1862 at Hilton Head, S. C."
Mary McGue, mother of Nicholas McGue, whose service was in Company D, 28th Massachusetts Infantry, filed a claim on July 18, 1863. (Pension Index).
John McGough, who resided in the Village of Concord, Jackson county, Michigan, is on the list of United States Soldiers of the Civil War residing in Michigan on June 1, 1894.
This is John McGough 140th Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company E. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name: John/McGaugh (Film Number M551 roll 92), listed under New York, below.
Lawrence McGue 3rd Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Union Michigan. Company G. Rank in: Private; rank out: Farrier (Film Number M545 roll 27).
Name: Lawrence McGue
Residence: Washtenaw County, Michigan
Enlistment Date: 18 September 1861
Enlistment Place: Whitmore Lake, Michigan
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 18 September 1861 at the age of 30.
Enlisted in Company G, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Michigan on 14 October 1861.
Received a disability discharge from Company G, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Michigan on 5 April 1864 at Saint Louis, MO.See: 3rd Michigan Cavalry, Company "G"—roster, which lists under enlisted men:
McGue, Lawrence. Home: Washtenaw County. Age 30.
Lawrence McGue, who service was in Company G, 3rd Michigan Cavalry, filed a claim as an invalid on November 28, 1864. His widow, Mary McGue, filed a claim from Illinois on March 19, 1917.
Civil War Veteran Gravesites—Grave Locations and Regimental Rosters lists: McGue, Lawrence - Co. G 3rd Michigan Cavalry - DD67. [DD67: Union Cemetery, Crystal Lake, IL.] See my page: John and Peter McGough—Two Brothers in Jo Daviess County, Illinois under the heading McGoughs in DeKalb and McHenry Counties, Illinois:
McHenry County. Lawrence McGue died, at the age of 86, on January 15, 1917, and his death notice appears in the Crystal Lake Herald of January 18, 1917. Here is an obituary from the Barrington Review of Thursday January 18, 1917 (page 1):
'Lawrence McGue. died at his home at Crystal Lake, Monday, January 15. He was born in County Monahan (sic), Ireland, in 1830 and came to America in 1848. He married Mary Trainor in 1852. Mr. McGue was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in the Third Michigan Cavalry. The funeral services were held from his late residence yesterday, and interment was in the Union cemetery, Crystal Lake."
See: Barrington Courier-Review Index, Deaths 1910–1919, and the entry for Lawrence McGue under Webster township, Washtenaw county, Michigan in my page on the 1860 census. Mrs. Lawrence McGue died, at the age of 83, on November 11, 1921, and her death notice appears in the Crystal Lake Herald of November 17, 1921. A notice of the 55th wedding anniversary of Lawrence McGue and Mary Trainor appeared on page 1 of the August 19, 1907, edition of the Crystal Lake Herald.
Thomas McGough of the Fifth Ward of Detroit, Wayne county, Michigan, is listed in United States Soldiers of the Civil War Residing in Michigan, June 1, 1894.
John McGoff, Confederate. Regiment Name: 10th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry .
Company: G, H
Rank in and out: Private
Alternate Name: John/McGough
Film Number: M232 roll 27
Andrew M. McGough 15th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry Confederate Mississippi. Company K, C. Rank in and out: Private (Film Number M232 roll 27).
Andrew McGough was the son of James Madison McGough and Nancy Childers, and a younger brother of Thomas C. McGough, who also served in Company K of 15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, and James L. McGough, below. See the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Choctaw county, Mississippi.
Company K of the 15th Mississippi Infantry was known as the Choctaw Grays. A roster of the "Choctaw Grays," Company K 15th Mississippi infantry, appears on Oktibbeha County, Mississippi — Company K, 15th Mississippi--Oktibbeha Plowboys, and includes, under Privates: McGaugh, James L; McGough, Andrew M.; McGough, Thomas C. James L. McGaugh is probably the James L. McGough listed immediately below. Oktibbeha county adjoins and is immediately east of Choctaw County. "It must be noted that the 'Oktibbeha Plowboys,' first Co. K, 15th Mississippi, was discharged on account of measles a few weeks after mustering in April 1861, and the Co. K designation was taken by the 'Choctaw Grays.'" Battle Flags at the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky, 19 January 1862.
James L. McGough 11th (Perrin's) Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Confederate Mississippi. Company I. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M232 roll 27)
James Lamar McGough was the second son of James Madison McGough and Nancy Childers. Rowe, page 143. His brothers, Andrew M. McGough and Thomas C. McGough, also served in Mississippi units in the Civil War.
His headstone reads as follows:
J. L. McGough
1838–1923
Co. C. 15. Miss. Reg Adam's
Brig. Loving's Div.
Johnson's ArmySee James Lamar McGough, which identifies him as a member of Company C. 15th Mississippi Infantry:
"MCGOUGH, JAMES LAMAR (1838 ~ 1923). James Lamar McGough, Confederate veteran, was born in Talladega County, Alabama on August 17, 1838, to James Madison McGough and Nancy Childers. After moving to Mississippi, he enlisted in the Confederate Army on August 18, 1861, in Corinth and was mustered into service as a private in Company C of the 15th Mississippi Infantry.
"By December of 1861, McGough transferred into Company K of the same regiment, but spent a great deal of his time sick and in the hospital after being shot in the right shoulder. On September 9, 1863, he was given a 60-day furlough, but did not return to his command and was listed as a deserter. At the end of his furlough from the 15th Infantry, McGough reenlisted in Greensboro, Mississippi as a private in Company I of the 11th Mississippi Cavalry, also known as Perrin's Regiment.
"The 11th Cavalry was formed in the spring of 1864 from Colonel Robert Perrin's Battalion State Cavalry. The unit served in Georgia and Mississippi, where it was included in the surrender on May 4, 1865.
"After the war, McGough stayed in Mississippi and circa 1867, married Susan Emelyn Powers, the daughter of William J. and Elizabeth Powers. While still living in Mississippi, the McGoughs had two sons, Thomas Gilbert, who was born on November 9, 1869, and Andrew Jackson, who was born in May 1873.
"McGough and his family moved to Texas in 1874 and eventually settled in Hico, Hamilton County. While there, Susan had their third child, Mary Allen, who was born on April 6, 1882. Soon after, the family moved to China Spring, McLennan County, where their fourth and fifth children were born - Holland Lamar, who was born November 19, 1884, and Harvey Glenn - or 'Mack' - who was born March 8, 1887. The McGough's last child, Gordon, was born in Eastland County, Texas on January 30, 1890. McGough's time in Texas was spent working as a farmer.
"Around 1902 the McGough family moved once again. This time they settled in Strawn, Palo Pinto County, where, in 1917, he successfully applied for a Confederate Pension from the State of Texas. This was done after his wife's death on February 2, 1917. She died in Thurber, Erath County, and was buried there, in Davidson Cemetery.
"While applying for a pension, McGough moved to Austin to live in the Confederate Home. He moved in on March 31, 1913, but was discharged on July 4 of that same year at his own request. He was readmitted to the Home on November 4, 1915, but was dismissed the next year for bad conduct.
"Apparently he returned to the Home for a third time, because McGough died there on September 21, 1923. He was buried the next day in the Texas State Cemetery.
"Information taken from materials provided by granddaughter Ann Martin Clark and great granddaughter Esther Curnutt; James Lamar McGough website at http://www.gencircles.com/users/dmoore/4/data/45; Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System website at http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss, Soldier's Application for a Pension # 33931; and Death Certificate # 26134."
The records of the Beauvoir Confederate Soldiers Home in Biloxi, Mississippi, contains this entry:
McGough, J. L., Co. K, 15th MS Infantry, No Dates, Harrison county.
John McGough 10th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry Confederate Mississippi. Company G, H. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M232 roll 27). John McGrough is listed as an alternate name. He is also listed as John McGoff.
This may be the John McGough listed in the 1870 census of Scott County (Beat 1—Forest P.O.), Mississippi, as age 27, a carpenter, with real estate worth $600 and personal property worth $200, born in Alabama. (M-593, roll 748, page 171b, line 5). Rankin county is immediately west of Scott county. Company G of the old 10th Mississippi Infantry and Company G of the new 10th Mississippi Infantry were both organized in Rankin county, and were known as the Rankin Rifles.
Listed twice as John McGrough in the Roster of the 10th Mississippi Infantry, Company G and Company H. (Rankin Rifles)
L. C. McGough 18th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Confederate Mississippi. Company L. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M232 roll 27)
Company L of the 18th Mississippi Cavalry was raised in Tallahatchie county, Mississippi.
There is a possibility that this is Lloyd M. Johnson McGough, born on April, 1833, in Perry county, Alabama; son of Robert Joseph McGough and Nancy Mary P. Johnson. Rowe, page 173. He is listed by the 1850 census of Union parish, Louisiana, as L. McGough, age 18, living with his parents. (See Louisiana, above). The soldier listed here as L. C. McGough is listed in another index of Civil War records as L. McGough. According to MapQuest, it is about 182 miles in a northeasterly direction on modern roads from Monroe, Union parish, Louisiana, to Sumner, Tallahatchie county, Mississippi, where the court house is located.
Thomas C. McGough 15th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry Confederate Mississippi. Company K. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M232 roll 27)
T. C. McGough 31st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry Confederate Mississippi. Company B. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M232 roll 27)
Thomas Childers McGough, born in 1836—according to the 1850 census. Oldest son of James Madison McGough and his second wife, Nancy Childers. Rowe, page 141. He is listed with his family in the 1850 census of subdivision 23. Choctaw county, Mississippi. He is an older brother of Andrew M. McGough, above, who served in the same unit, and James Lamar McGough, who is listed above, also under Mississippi.]
Harvey McGue. The 1890 Veterans Schedules of District 4, Jefferson County, Mississippi, includes: (1890) Harvey McGue, Private, Company B, 71st Regiment, U. S., Date of Enlistment 1863. Date of Discharge 1866. Disability Incurred Wounded in right leg—ruptured (house number 202, family number 256, M-123, roll 26. page 2, line 17; Enumeration District: 78.)
Andrew J. McGough 13th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry Union Missouri. Company B. Rank in and out: Private (Film Number M390 roll 31).
John W. McGough (not on basic list)
Missouri State Archives—Soldiers' Records: War of 1812 - World War I lists for the Civil War John W. McGough, Company F, 51st Regiment E.M.M.
Thomas B. McGough 1st Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry Union Missouri. Company K, E. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Thomas B./McGaugh (Film Number M390 roll 31)
W. P. McGough (not on basic list)
Missouri State Archives—Soldiers' Records: War of 1812 - World War I lists for the Civil War W. P. McGough with no further information.
W. T. McGough (not on basic list)
ConfederateVets.com lists a W. T. Mcgough, a private, in Company C, 3rd Infantry Regiment, Missouri. "Capture Information:
Captured on July 4, 1863, at the Battle of Vicksburg, in Warren county, Mississippi. "Surrendered at Vicksburg." Paroled
George McGue 31st Regiment, Missouri Infantry Union Missouri. Company B. Rank in: Sergeant; rank out: Private Alternate Name George/McCue (Film Number M390 roll 31)
Jason McGue 5th Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry Union Missouri. Company K. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M390 roll 31)
John J. McGue (not on basic list)
John J. McGue, whose service was in Company C, 18th Missouri Infantry, and in Company D, Missouri Militia Infantry, filed a claim from Missouri as an invalid on December 23, 1889.
Michael McGough 4th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry Union New Hampshire. Company G. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M549 roll 8).
Name: Michael McGough
Residence: Dover, New Hampshire
Enlistment Date: 11 September 1861
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 11 September 1861 at the age of 18.
Enlisted in Company G, 4th Infantry Regiment New Hampshire on 18 September 1861.
Mustered Out Company G, 4th Infantry Regiment New Hampshire on 27 September 1864.Julia McGough, widow of Michael McGough, of Company G, 4th New Hampshire Infantry, filed a widow's claim on February 1, 1904.
Peter McGue 2nd Regiment New Hampshire Infantry Union. Company E. Rank in and out: Private (Film Number M549 roll 8).
Name: Peter McGue
Enlistment Date: 27 November 1863
Enlistment Place: Dunbarton
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 27 November 1863 at the age of 19.
Enlisted in Company E, 2nd Infantry Regiment New Hampshire on 28 November 1863.
discharged for minority Company E, 2nd Infantry Regiment New Hampshire on 31 May 1865.
Patrick McGoff, Union. Regiment Name: 34th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry.
Company: B
Rank in and out: Private
Alternate Name: Patrick/McGough
Film Number: M550 roll 15
Peter McGeough 34th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry Union New Jersey. Company H. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Peter/McGough (Film Number M550 roll 15).
Name: Peter McGough
Enlistment Date: 9 September 1863
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 9 September 1863.
Enlisted in Company H, 34th Infantry Regiment New Jersey on 6 October 1863.
Transferred into Regiment U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps on 14 April 1865.
Transferred out of Company H, 34th Infantry Regiment New Jersey on 14 April 1865.
Received a disability discharge from Regiment U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps on 23 June 1865.Richard McGeough 1st Regiment, New Jersey Cavalry Union New Jersey, Company K. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Richard/McGough (Film Number M550 roll 15).
Patrick McGough 34th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry Union New Jersey. Company B. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M550 roll 15)
Enrolled: September 19, 1863
Mustered in: October 15, 1863
Period: 3 years
Mustered out: April 30, 1866. N. J. Civil War Record: Page 1011.Also listed under the name Patrick McGoff.
Peter McGough 34th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry Union New Jersey. Company H. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M550 roll 15).
Enrolled: September 8, 1863
Mustered in: October 6, 1863
Period: 3 years
Remarks: Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, April 14, '65; discharged therefrom June 23, '65 - Disability. N. J. Civil War Record: Page 1042.Richard McGough 1st Regiment, New Jersey Cavalry Union New Jersey. Company K. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M550 roll 15)
Enrolled: October 20, 1864
Mustered in: October 20, 1864
Period: 1 year
Mustered out: July 24, 1865.
Remarks: Recruit. N. J. Civil War Record: Page 1237
Edward F. McGue 1st Regiment, New Jersey Cavalry Union New Jersey. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M550 roll 15)
George McGue. The 1890 Veterans Schedules of Monroe, Middlesex county, New Jersey, lists (1890) Eliza Jolly (house number 298, family number 305, address Englishtown, New Jersey. M-123, roll 42, page 3, line 33; Enumeration District: 228), widow of George McGue, 8th New Jersey (no other information).
See: NYS Civil War Soldiers - by the New York State Archives
See: New York Civil War Units — Infantry — NY State Unit History Project. This is part of New York Civil War Units — NY State Unit History Project
Andrew Maghu
Michelle McGoff suggests that Andrew Maghu, a single laborer who was born in 1847 in Canada and enlisted as a private in the Union Army (193 NYV, no company listed) in Syracuse, New York, on March 15, 1865, and mustered in on the same day, might be a McGough. He is listed in Civil War Servicemen, Town of Manlius, compiled by Kathy Crowell, Manlius Historical Society, 1997 Part II -- J through Z.
Citing the same source, the Database of Canadian Who Served in the American Civil War lists: ''Maghu, Andrew—from Canada; regiment: 193rd New York Infantry; sources [22]"
Maghu is most often a French name.
Frank McGeough. The 1890 Veterans Schedules for New York City lists (1890) Susan McGeough, address rear 34 Ganswoort. (house number 65, family number 207, M-123, roll 45, page 2, line 24; Enumeration District 260), widow of Frank McGeough, Private, Infantry. "Reenlisted veteran. Widow doesn't remember dates."
Stephen McGeough 182nd Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company E. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92). [Also listed as Stephen McGough.]
Arthur McGoff, Union , 3rd Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery. (also known as 3rd Light Artillery Regiment).
Enlisted:November 11, 1864 at the age of 20
Rank in and out: Private
Film Number: M551 roll 92George McGoff, Union, 25th Regiment, New York Infantry.
Enlisted: May 11, 1861, at the age of 17. Commissioned in Company K on June 14, 1861.
Company: K
Rank in and out: Lieutenant
Mustered out: October 28, 1861
Film Number: M551 roll 92George W. McGoff, who served in Companies L & K. 25th New York Infantry, filed a claim as an invalid on August 26, 1895, from South Dakota. Civil War Pension Index on Ancestry.com.
George Washington McGoff is listed in the 1890 Veterans Schedules of Deadwood, Lawrence county, South Dakota, as having served as a lieutenant in Company K, 25 Regiment, New (York) Volunteers, in 1861 until discharged on October 28, 1861, for total service of 7 months.
John McGoff, Union, 16th Regiment, New York Cavalry.
Enlisted on July 13, 1863, at the age of 20, in Ogdensburgh, New York.
Company F
Rank in and out: Private
Transferred out August 17. 1865.
Film Number: M551 roll 92John McGoff, Union,: 44th Regiment, New York Infantry.
Company: K
Rank in and out: Private
Alternate Name: John/McGough
Film Number: M551 roll 92John McGoff, Union, 3rd Regiment, New York Provisional Cavalry.
Company: B
Rank in and out: Private
Film Number: M551 roll 92Peter McGoff, Union, 162nd Regiment, New York Infantry
Enlisted on September 20, 1862, at the age of 23, in New York City. Enlisted in Company G on on October 18. 1862.
Company: G
Rank in and out: Private
Deserted on October 26, 1862, arr Baltimore, New York.
Film Number: M551 roll 92
Bernard McGough (not on basic list)
Bernard McGough enlisted in Manchester, Ontario county, New York, on August 22, 1864, as a substitute for J.A.How land. See: Ontario County Military Page—Listing of Civil War Veterans.
Edward McGough 155th Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company B Rank in: Private; rank out: Corporal (Film Number M551 roll 92).
Name: Edward McGough
Enlistment Date: 15 September 1862
Enlistment Place: New York City, New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 15 September 1862 at the age of 19.
Enlisted in Company B, 155th Infantry Regiment New York on 18 November 1862.
Promoted to Full Corporal on 1 January 1865.
Mustered Out Company B, 155th Infantry Regiment New York on 15 July 1865 at Washington, DC.The 1890 Veterans Schedules for New York City list: (1890) Edward McGough, Corporal, Company B, 155th Regiment, New York Volunteers. Date of Enlistment September 15, 1862. Date of Discharge July 15, 1865. Length of Service 2 years, 10 months. Address 58 Varick Street. Disability incurred: Broken leg and discharged from Army (house number 58, family number 6, M-123, roll 45, page 1, line 6; Enumeration District 21).
Francis McGough 15th Regiment, New York Engineers Union New York . Company G. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92)
Francis McGough 15th Regiment, New York Engineers (New) Union New York. Company D. Rank in: Private; rank out: Artificer (Film Number M551 roll 92)
Name: Francis McGough
Enlistment Date: 9 May 1861
Enlistment Place: New York, New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 9 May 1861 at the age of 39.
Enlisted in Company G, 15th Engineers Regiment New York on 17 June 1861.
Mustered Out Company G, 15th Engineers Regiment New York on 25 June 1863.
Enlisted in Company D, 15th Engineers Regiment New York on 3 October 1863.
Promoted to Full Artificer on 15 October 1863.
Mustered Out Company D, 15th Engineers Regiment New York on 2 July 1865 at Washington, DC.Hugh McGough 2nd Regiment, New York Cavalry Union New York. Company I. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92).
Name: Hugh McGough
Enlistment Date: 23 September 1864
Enlistment Place: Kingston, New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 23 September 1864 at the age of 18.
Enlisted in Company I, 2nd Cavalry Regiment New York on 23 September 1864.
Mustered Out Company I, 2nd Cavalry Regiment New York on 5 June 1865 at Alexandria, VA.Hugh McGough, whose service was in Company I, 2nd New York Cavalry, applied in New Jersey on August 15, 1890, for benefits as an invalid.
Hugh McGough, whose service was as a private in Company I , 2nd Vet Cavalry NY, is buried in the cemetery of the Veteran's Hospital, Bath, Steuben county, New York.
James McGough 122nd Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company G. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92)
James McGough 12th Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company C, K. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92). James McGough is listed as a Private in the roster of Company K, 12th Infantry Regiment, New York, in Civil War Newspaper Clippings published by the New York State Military Museum. John McGough is listed as a Sergeant on the same roster.
Name: James McGough
Enlistment Date: 23 April 1861
Enlistment Place: Lafayette, New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 23 April 1861 at the age of 21.
Enlisted in Company C, 12th Infantry Regiment New York on 13 May 1861.
Mustered Out Company C, 12th Infantry Regiment New York on 17 May 1863 at Elmira, NY.Mary A. McGough, widow of James McGough, Companies C and K, 12 New York Infantry, applied for a widow's benefit on July 9, 1890.
The 1890 Veterans Schedules lists for Syracuse, Onondaga county, New York, lists: (1890) Mary McGough, at 1240 Grape, Syracuse (house number 64, family number 58, M-123, roll 53, page 2, line 15; Enumeration District: 230), widow of James McGough, Private, Company K, 12th Regiment (no dates of service) "Reenlisted veteran. Widow doesn't remember dates."
John McGough 15th Regiment, New York Cavalry Union New York. Company A. Rank in and out: Sergeant (Film Number M551 roll 92). John McGough is listed as a Sergeant in the roster of Company K, 12th Infantry Regiment, New York, in Civil War Newspaper Clippings. published by the the New York State Military Museum. James McGough is listed as a private on the same roster. J. McGue, a Sergeant in Company A, 15th New York Calvary, died on April 8, 1865, at Namozine Church, and is buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery at Petersburg, Virginia. Roll of Honor (Names of Soldiers who Died in Defense of the Union Interred in the National Cemeteries), volume XXVI, on Ancestry.com, page 237 #5483.
John McGough 125th Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92)
John McGough 12th Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York . Company C, K. Rank in: Private; rank out: Sergeant (Film Number M551 roll 92).
Name: John McGough
Enlistment Date: 1 May 1861
Enlistment Place: Manlius, New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 1 May 1861 at the age of 22.
Enlisted in Company H, 12th Infantry Regiment New York on 1 May 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant on 22 October 1862.
Promoted to Full Corporal on 1 April 1863.
Mustered Out Company H, 12th Infantry Regiment New York on 17 May 1863 at Elmira, NY.
Promoted to Full Sergeant on 6 July 1863.
Enlisted in Company A, 15th Cavalry Regiment New York on 8 August 1863.
Died of disease Company A, 15th Cavalry Regiment New York on 4 April 1865 at Appomattox, VA.John McGough is listed as killed in battle in 1865 on the Town of Manlius Civil War Monument.
John McGough 25th Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company F. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92).
Name: John McGough
Enlistment Date: 7 July 1862
Enlistment Place: Rochester, New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 7 July 1862 at the age of 23.
Enlisted in Company F, 25th Infantry Regiment New York on 22 August 1862.
Transferred into Company K, 44th Infantry Regiment New York on 10 October 1863.
Transferred out of Company F, 25th Infantry Regiment New York on 10 October 1863.Name: John McGough
Enlistment Date: 10 October 1863
Side Served: Union
State Served: New York
Service Record: Enlisted in Company F, 25th Infantry Regiment New York.
Enlisted as a Private on 10 October 1863.
Enlisted in Company K, 44th Infantry Regiment New York on 10 October 1863.
Transferred out of Company F, 25th Infantry Regiment New York on 10 October 1863.
Transferred into Company C, 146th Infantry Regiment New York on 11 October 1864.
Transferred out of Company K, 44th Infantry Regiment New York on 11 October 1864.John McGough 146th Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company C, Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92)
Name: John McGough
Enlistment Date: 11 October 1864
Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, 44th Infantry Regiment New York.
Enlisted as a Private on 11 October 1864.
Transferred out of Company A, 44th Infantry Regiment New York on 11 October 1864.
Transferred into Company C, 146th Infantry Regiment New York on 11 October 1864.
Mustered Out Company C, 146th Infantry Regiment New York on 3 June 1865 at Alexandria, VA.John McGough 5th Regiment, New York Veteran Infantry Union New York. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92 ). The 1890 Veterans Schedules of Himrod, Yates county, New York, list: (1890) John McGough, Private, Company D, 5th New York Vet. Date of Enlistment August 30, 1862. Date of Discharge August 21, 1865. Length of Service 2 years, 11 months. Address Himrod Yates Co. Disability incurred: Left eye injured. (house number 11, family number 11, M-123, roll 55, page 1, line 2; Enumeration District 249).
Yates County's Boys in Blue Name Index I-M includes John McGough (97).
John McGough 44th Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company C. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92).
Here is an excerpt from the diary of Royal George Kinner of Company “C” 44th Regiment N. Y. Volume Infantry:
"John McGough—Enlisted at Penn Yan NY on the 30th day of August 1862 with Cha Kelly was engaged in battle of Fredericksburg detaches as Provost guard at Brig. Hd Qs is at this date doing duty at Brig Hd Qs September 8 1864."
Name: John McGoff
Side: Union
Regiment Name: 44th Regiment, New York Infantry
Company: K
Rank in and out: Private
Alternate Name: John/McGough
Film Number: M551 roll 92John McGough is listed as John McGoff in the 1870 census of Jerusalem, Yates County, New York. Here are some notes from my page: McGoughs and McGues in the 1870 Census of the United States:
(1870) John McGoff, age 28, farm laborer, born in Ireland, living on the farm of James Miller. (roll 1120, page 485b). [This is the John McGough who married Mary McGough, the daughter of Patrick McGough. Mary was 16 at the time of the 1870 census. Patrick Goff (McGough) and his daughter Mary are listed immediately below in the town of Milo, only about 6 miles away from the town of Jerusalem. The 1860 census of Milo, Yates county, listed John McGow, age 16, a farm laborer (on the farm of James P. Monell), born in Ireland, who had attended school within the year. (roll 885, page 533). In St. Michael's Cemetery, Penn Yan, Yates County, New York, is a gravestone of John McGough, Sr. (1844–1934), who served in the Civil War in the 44th company, 5th NY Volunteers, and his wife, Mary McGough (1854–1902). Mary McGough married a man with the same surname as hers. Whether there was any blood relationship between Mary and John McGough is not known.]
[Here is material on John McGough from the now dormant website of Michelle McGoff-McCann:
"John McGough was born in County Louth to Michael McGeough and Mary Farrell on August 30, 1844. He had 3 siblings, Michael, Ann and Bridget all living in the Darver Parish. The family emigrated to America in the Spring of 1850, just 5 years after the start of the famine in Ireland.
"The family settled in New York State. John eventually moved to Yates County, in the Town of Milo. On August 30, 1862, John enlisted at Penn Yan in the 44th Regiment New York State Infantry Volunteers to become a soldier in the Civil War. He mustered in on August 30, 1962 for 3 years of service. John served under Captain Munger and fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. John's service was completed in 1865.
"After the war, John settled down in Penn Yan and married a woman by the name of Mary McGough (1853–1902)—they had the same surname. Mary's father, Patrick McGough was from County Louth also, but of no proven relation to John.
"John and Mary had 4 children: Charles (b.1877 - d.1961), John H. (b.1878 - d.1959), Anna Rose (b.1894 - d.1980) and Albert George (b.1896 - d.1981).
"John raised his family and lived in Yates County until his death on September 28, 1934. At the time of his death, John was the oldest living GAR veteran of New York State who had served at Gettysburg. He was 90 years old. ... He is buried at St. Michael's Cemetery in Penn Yan, New York."]
The 1875 New York state census lists a John and Mary McGoff living together in the town of Milo, and no form of McGough is listed in the town of Jerusalem.
John McGough 140th Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company E. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name: John/McGaugh (Film Number M551 roll 92)
Name: John McGough
Enlistment Date: 6 October 1864
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, 44th Infantry Regiment New York.
Enlisted as a Private on 6 October 1864.
Transferred out of Company C, 44th Infantry Regiment New York on 6 October 1864.
Transferred into Company E, 140th Infantry Regiment New York on 6 October 1864.
Transferred into Company D, 5th Vet Infantry Regiment New York on 3 June 1865.
Transferred out of Company E, 140th Infantry Regiment New York on 3 June 1865.John McGough, Private, Company C, 44th Volume Infantry NY, is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Jackson county, Michigan. John McGough was listed as a civil war veteran living in the Village of Concord, Jackson county, Michigan, on June 1, 1894. Jackson County—data extracted from 1894 Michigan State Census. Cordelia McGough, widow of John McGough, who was living in Michigan, applied for a widow's pension on March 31, 1896.
The 1890 Veteran's Schedules lists in Concord, Jackson County, Michigan:
(1890) John McGough, Private, Company F, 25th Regiment, New York Infantry; Company K, 44th Regiment; New York Infantry; Company C, 146th Regiment, New York Infantry. Each company is listed on a separate line. The return notes: "3, 4 and 5 are one person. The place in three components is by consolidation." Date of Enlistment July 7, 1862. Date of Discharge June 3, 1865. Length of Service 2 years 10 months 26 days. Address Concord, Michigan. (house number 283, family number 290, M-123, roll 17, page 5, lines 2, 3, 4, and 5; Enumeration District 72). Cordelia McGough is listed immediately below John McGough.
Michael McGough 145th Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company I. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92).
Name: Michael McGough
Enlistment Date: 25 July 1862
Enlistment Place: New York City, New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 25 July 1862 at the age of 27.
Deserted from Company I, 145th Infantry Regiment New York on 25 July 1862.
Enlisted in Company I, 145th Infantry Regiment New York on 25 July 1862.Michael McGough 6th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery Union New York. Company G, E. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92).
Name: Michael McGough
Enlistment Date: 6 February 1864
Enlistment Place: Tarrytown, New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 6 February 1864 at the age of 30.
Enlisted in Company G, 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 6 February 1864.
Mustered Out Company G, 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 24 August 1865 at Washington, DC.An invalid's claim was filed from Florida by Michael J. McGough of Company A, 5th New York Heavy Artillery, on June 1, 1892.
Michael McGough
Michel McGough, who listed service in Company M, 204rd New York Infantry, and Company L, M. S. V. Infantry, who was living in New York, filed a claim as an invalid on April 24, 1921.
Miles McGough (not on basic list)
Name: Miles McGough
Enlistment Date: 12 August 1862
Enlistment Place: Jordan, New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 12 August 1862 at the age of 26.
Enlisted in Company G, 122nd Infantry Regiment New York on 15 August 1862.
Mustered Out Company G, 122nd Infantry Regiment New York on 23 June 1865 at Washington, DC.The 1890 Veterans Schedules for the town of Sterling (Southwest Oswego), Cayuga county, New York, lists: (1890) Miles J. McGough, Private, Company G, 122nd Infantry Regiment, New York. Date of Enlistment August 9, 1861. Date of Discharge June 22, 1865. Length of Service 2 years 9 months 17 days. Address Southwest Oswego (house number 51, family number 51, M-123, roll 53, page 1, line 11; Enumeration District 37).
Bridget McGough, widow of Miles J. McGough of Company G, 122nd New York Infantry, filed a claim for widow's benefits on November 27, 1903.
Owen McGough. Under U.S. Regular Army (below) is listed as Owen McGough 3rd Regiment, US Artillery (Regular Army) Union Union Regular Army. Company D. Rank in: (blank); rank out: Private (Film Number M233 roll 28) Corporal Owen McGough of Battery D, 5th U.S. Artillery, born in Ireland, was awarded a Medal of Honor. Citation Place: Bull Run. Citation Date: July 21, 1861. (Citation State: Virginia) Birth Place: Ireland. Date Issued: August 28, 1897. Citation: "Through his personal exertions under a heavy fire, one of guns of his battery was brought off the field; all the other guns were lost." (Page 106 CWUNIT URA005RGLAD). The 1890 Veterans Schedules for Troy, Rensselaer county, New York, lists: (1890) Owen McGough, Private, Company G, 3rd New York Regiment. Date of Enlistment June 12, 1861. Date of Discharge November 16, 1865. Length of Service 3 years, 10 months, 3 days. Address 393 North 4th Street. Disability incurred: Broken leg and discharged from Army (house number 294, family number 484, M-123, roll 50, page 5, line 10; Enumeration District 235).
Patrick McGough 1st Regiment, New York Marine Artillery Union New York. Company B, Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92).
Annual Report Adjutant General State of New York, 1897. Serial No. 15—Marine Artillery:. "McGough, Patrick. --- Age, 28 years. Enlisted, August 31, 1861, at New York; mustered in as private, Co. B, August 31, 1861, to serve three years; promoted sergeant and reduced, date not stated; discharged, January 1, 1863, at Newberne, North Carolina."
Bernard A. McGough, as guardian, filed a pension claim on behalf of a minor on October 30, 1910.
Patrick McGough 95th Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company C, H. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92)
Peter McGough 4th Regiment, New York Cavalry Union New York. Company F. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92) [Also listed as Peter McGue.]
Name: Peter McGough
Enlistment Date: 3 September 1861
Enlistment Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 3 September 1861 at the age of 28.
Enlisted in Company F, 4th Cavalry Regiment New York on 3 September 1861.
Received a disability discharge from Company F, 4th Cavalry Regiment New York on 15 December 1862.Stephen McGough 182nd Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company E. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Stephen/McGeough (Film Number M551 roll 92). [Also listed as Stephen McGeough 182nd Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York ]
Name: Stephen McGough
Enlistment Date: 29 September 1862
Enlistment Place: New York City, New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 29 September 1862 at the age of 38.
Enlisted in Company E, 182nd Infantry Regiment New York on 17 November 1862.
Killed Company E, 182nd Infantry Regiment New York on 3 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.Catherine McGough, widow of Stephen McGough of Company E., 182nd New York Infantry, filed a widow's claim on September 16, 1864. A claim was filed on behalf of a minor by John Foley, guardian, on February 23, 1872.
Thomas McGough 33rd Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery Union New York. Company (blank) Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 92)
Name: Thomas McGough
Enlistment Date: 10 June 1863
Enlistment Place: Buffalo, New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 June 1863 at the age of 23.
Enlisted in 33rd Light Artillery Regiment New York on 10 June 1863.
Deserted from 33rd Light Artillery Regiment New York on 20 August 1863 at Buffalo, NY.Charles McGue (not on basic list) is listed in the 1890 Veterans Schedule of Fort Bridger, Uinta county, Wyoming:
(1890) Charles McGue, Private, Company K, 170th Regiment, New York Infantry. Date of Enlistment December 20, 1864. Date of Discharge July 15, 1865. Length of Service 6 months 25 days. Address Fort Bridger, Wyoming. (house number 36, family number 36, M-123, roll 117, page 2, line 18; Enumeration District: Special.)
John J. McGue (not on basic list)
John J. McGue, whose service was in Company I, 2nd New York Infantry; Company E, 28 U.S. Infantry; Company K, 21st U.S. Infantry; and "Foot Ser. Ten. Ret. Ser, U. S. Infantry, filed a claim as an invalid from Iowa on April 17, 1922. (Pension Files).
Francis K. McGue 157th Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company B. R Rank in and out: Private (Film Number M551 roll 93).
Michael S. McGue (not on basic list)
Mary T. McGue, widow of Michael S. McGue, whose service was in Company C, 1st New York Infantry, and Company A, 5th U. S. Infantry, filed a widow's claim from New York on August 7, 1899.
Nicholas McGue 93rd Regiment, New York Infantry National Guard (100 days, 1864) Union New York. Company K. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Nicholas/McGuire (Film Number M551 roll 93)
Nicholas J. McGue, whose service was in Company K, 93rd New York National Guard Infantry, and Company K, 14th U.S. Infantry, filed a claim as an invalid from California on August 20, 1888. (Pension Index).
Patrick McGue 56th Regiment, New York Infantry Union New York. Company F. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M551 roll 93).
Name: Patrick McGue
Enlistment Date: 23 September 1861
Enlistment Place: Liberty, New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 23 September 1861 at the age of 21.
Enlisted in Company F, 56th Infantry Regiment New York on 23 September 1861.
Died of disease Company F, 56th Infantry Regiment New York on 22 November 1861 at Washington, DC.Peter McGue 4th Regiment, New York Cavalry Union New York. Company G, Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Peter/McGough (Film Number M551 roll 93)
Frank McGoff. The 1890 Veterans Schedules for Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, lists Frank McGoff, First Class Fireman aboard the Monitor, who enlisted on August 15, 1864, and was discharged on September 15, 1865. He was living on North Point Street. (The ironclad USS Monitor was commissioned in February, 1862, and sunk on December 31, 1862. There is no Frank McGoff on available crew lists. See: Muster Roll of the "USS Monitor" February-December, 1862.)
Charles McGough. The 1890 Veterans Schedules for Black Creek, Mercer county, Ohio, list: (1890) Charles McGough, Private, Company H, 139th Ohio Infantry. Date of Enlistment May 2, 1864. Date of Discharge August 27, 1864. Length of Service 3 months and 25 days. Address Shanesting Mercer County Ohio. Disability incurred: Catarrh in head. (house number 118, family number 120, M-123, roll 64, page 2, line 16; Enumeration District 178).
Elias T. McGough 99th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Union Ohio. Company K. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M552 roll 71)
Elias S. McGough 50th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Union Ohio. Company E. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Elias T. McGough (Film Number M552 roll 71)
Elias T. McGough 50th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Union Ohio. Company E. Rank in and out: Private. (should be Corporal) (Film Number M552 roll 71)
Name: Elias McGough
Enlistment Date: 10 August 1862
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 August 1862 at the age of 18.
Enlisted in Company K, 99th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 26 August 1862.
Transferred out of Company K, 99th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 31 December 1864.
Transferred into Company E, 50th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 31 December 1864.
Promoted to Full Corporal on 1 May 1865.
Mustered Out Company E, 50th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 26 June 1865 at Salisbury, NC.Mary J. McGough, widow of Elias T. McGough, whose service was in Company E, 50th Ohio Infantry, and Company K, 99th Ohio Infantry, applied for a widow's pension on July 9, 1927.
The 1890 Veterans Schedules for Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio, list: (1890) Elias T. McGough, Corporal, Company E, 50th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Date of Enlistment August 11, 1862. Date of Discharge June 26, 1865. Length of Service 3 years. Address Columbus, Ohio. (house number 220, family number 312, M-123, roll 69, page 5, line 8; Enumeration District 84).
William H. McGough 139th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard) Union Ohio. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M552 roll 71).
Name: William McGough
Enlistment Date: 2 May 1864
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 2 May 1864 at the age of 21.
Enlisted in Company H, 139th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 2 May 1864.
Mustered Out Company H, 139th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 26 August 1864 at Camp Chase, OH.Edward McGue 87th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Union Ohio. Company G. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M552 roll 71).
Name: Edward McGue
Enlistment Date: 9 June 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 9 June 1862 at the age of 19.
Enlisted in Company G, 87th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 10 June 1862.
Mustered Out Company G, 87th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 3 October 1862.Michael McGue 32nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry Union Ohio. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M552 roll 71).
Name: Michael McGue
Enlistment Date: 16 January 1863
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 16 January 1863 at the age of 17.
Enlisted in Company D, 32nd Infantry Regiment Ohio on 16 January 1863.
Mustered Out Company D, 32nd Infantry Regiment Ohio on 20 July 1865 at Louisville, KY.Michael McGue 188th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Union Ohio. Company B. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M552 roll 71)
Name: Michael McGue
Enlistment Date: 15 January 1865
Service Record: Promoted to Full Private (Reduced to ranks).
Enlisted as a Corporal on 15 January 1865 at the age of 19.
Enlisted in Company B, 188th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 2 March 1865.
Mustered Out Company B, 188th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 21 September 1865 at Nashville, TN.Invalid claim from Ohio on September 27, 1890. (Pension Index)
Peter McGue 67th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Union Ohio. Company G. Rank in: Private; rank out: Corporal (Film Number M552 roll 71).
Name: Peter McGue
Enlistment Date: 15 December 1861
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 15 December 1861 at the age of 18.
Enlisted in Company G, 67th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 31 December 1861.
Killed Company G, 67th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 13 October 1864 at Darbytown Road, VA.Peter McGue 20th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery Union Ohio. Company (blank) Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M552 roll 71)
Name: Peter McGue
Enlistment Date: 2 September 1862
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 2 September 1862 at the age of 20.
Enlisted in 20th Light Artillery Regiment Ohio on 29 October 1862.
Mustered Out 20th Light Artillery Regiment Ohio on 13 July 1865 at Camp Cleveland, OH.Peter McGue, whose service was in the 20th (?) Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, filed a claim from Kansas as an invalid on September 15, 1870.
The 1890 Veterans Schedules of Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, list: (1890) Peter McGue, Private, Battery 20, Ohio Light Artillery. Date of Enlistment September 1, 1862. Date of Discharge July 13, 1865. Length of Service 2 years, 10 months, 13 days. Address 618 St. Clair, upstairs. (house number 100, family number 171, M-123, roll 72, page 1, line 9; Enumeration District 45).
Andrew McGough 12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (113th Volunteers) Union Pennsylvania. Company G. Rank in: Sergeant; rank out; 2 Lieutenant (Film Number M554 roll 80)
Name: Andrew McGough
Enlistment Date: 18 January 1862
Service Record: Promoted to Full 1st Sergeant.
Enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant on 18 January 1862.
Commission in Company G, 12th Cavalry Regiment Pennsylvania on 18 January 1862.
Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 6 February 1865.
Mustered Out Company G, 12th Cavalry Regiment Pennsylvania on 20 July 1865 at Winchester, VA.See: Local History: Part II - Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair Co, PA: Samuel T. Wiley, Philadelphia, 1892, pages 58 - 90, under Twelfth Cavalry (One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment).
Benjamin McGough 107th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Union Pennsylvania. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Patrick/McGough (Film Number M554 roll 80)
Charles McGough 125th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Union Pennsylvania. Company K. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M554 roll 80)
Name: Charles McGough
Residence: Blair County, Pennsylvania
Enlistment Date: 16 August 1862
Service Record: Enlisted in Company I, 82nd Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania.
Enlisted as a Private on 16 August 1862.
Enlisted in Company K, 125th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 16 August 1862.
Mustered Out Company K, 125th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 18 May 1863 at Harrisburg, PA.Margaret McGough, widow of Charles McGough, Company I, 82nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and Company K, 12th Pennsylvania Infantry, filed a widow's claim on July 14, 1896.
Charles McGough 82nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Union Pennsylvania Company I. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M554 roll 80)
Name: Charles McGough
Enlistment Date: 18 November 1864
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 18 November 1864.
Drafted into Company I, 82nd Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 18 November 1864.
Mustered Out Company I, 82nd Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 13 July 1865 at Hall's Hill, VA.Franklin McGough (not on basic index)
Name: Franklin McGough
Enlistment Date: 11 September 1862
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 11 September 1862.
Enlisted in Company Andrews', Independent Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 11 September 1862.
Mustered Out Company Andrews', Independent Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 29 September 1862.George McGough 107th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Union Pennsylvania. Company (blank) Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M554 roll 80)
Harry J. McGough (not on basic list)
Harry J. McGough, whose service was with C. 8 U. S. Infantry, applied in Pennsylvania on October 9, 1922, for benefits as an invalid.
Hugh McGough. The 1890 Veterans Schedules for Catasauqua, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, list: (1890) Hugh McGough (no data) (house number 233, family number 243, M-123, roll 82, page 4, line 41; Enumeration District 149).
James McGough 24th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Union Pennsylvania. Company B. Rank in and out : Captain (Film Number M554 roll 80)
James A. McGough Palmer's Independent Company, Pennsylvania Infantry (Silver Greys) Union Pennsylvania. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M554 roll 80)
John McGough (not on basic list)
Name: John McGough
Enlistment Date: 21 September 1862
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 21 September 1862.
Enlisted in Company E, 23rd Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 21 September 1862.
Mustered Out Company E, 23rd Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 30 September 1862 at Harrisburg, PA.L. C. McGough (not on basic list)
L. C. McGough, private, Company A, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry, is listed among Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864–65. He died in captivity on August 14, 186? (M1303_5) (M1303_4). (Indexed in the Register of Deaths by Ancestry.com as McGeough, but the spelling in the register is McGough.)Lawrence McGough (Unidentified Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. Company H. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Lawrence/McEwen (Film Number M554 roll 80)
Patrick McGough 107th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Union Pennsylvania. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M554 roll 80)
Peter McGough 24th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Union Pennsylvania. Company B. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M554 roll 80)
Philip McGough 171st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (Drafted Militia) Union Pennsylvania. Company G. Rank in: Corporal; rank out: Wagoner (Film Number M554 roll 80). See: O'Neill Ancestry.
Name: Philip McGough
Enlistment Date: 3 November 1862
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 3 November 1862.
Enlisted in Company G, 171st Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 3 November 1862.
Mustered Out Company G, 171st Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 8 August 1863 at Harrisburg, PA.Mary E. McGough, widow of Phillip McGough, of Company G, 171st Pennsylvania Infantry, filed a widow's claim on August 19, 1891.
The 1890 Veterans Schedules for Franklin and East Conemaugh, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, list: (1890) Mary E. McGough (Address Conemaugh, Pennsylvania; no house number, family number 120, M-123, roll 87, page 3, line 27; Enumeration District 93), widow of Philip McGough, Private, G Company, 171st Regiment (no other description). The schedule notes: "Discharge lost in flood May 31, 1889." (the Johnstown Flood).
Silas A. McGough 125th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Union Pennsylvania. Company K. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M554 roll 80).
Name: Silas McGough
Residence: Blair County, Pennsylvania
Enlistment Date: 16 August 1862
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 16 August 1862.
Enlisted in Company K, 125th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 16 August 1862.
Mustered Out Company K, 125th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 18 May 1863 at Harrisburg, PA.Mary R. McGough, widow of Silas A. McGough, Company K, 125th Pennsylvania Infantry, filed a widow's claim on March 1, 1917.
The 1890 Veterans Schedules for Altoona, Blair county, Pennsylvania, list: (1890) Silas McGough, Private, Company K, 125th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry. Date of Enlistment August 17, 1862. Date of Discharge May 18, 1863. Length of Service 9 month 1 day. Address 11 Washington Avenue. (house number 61, family number 71, M-123, roll 86, page 2, line 19; Enumeration District 33.)
Thomas McGough 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Union Pennsylvania. Company K, Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M554 roll 80).
Name: Thomas McGough
Enlistment Date: 24 April 1861
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 April 1861.
Enlisted in Company K, 11th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 24 April 1861.
Mustered Out Company K, 11th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 31 July 1861 at Harrisburg, PA.Thomas McGough 81st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Union Pennsylvania. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M554 roll 80)
William A. McGough 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (204th Volunteers) Union Pennsylvania. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M554 roll 80)
William H. McGough 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (204th Volunteers) Union Pennsylvania. Company D. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name William A./McGough (Film Number M554 roll 80)
Name: William McGough
Residence: Blair County, Pennsylvania
Enlistment Date: 3 September 1864
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 3 September 1864.
Enlisted in Company Batty D, 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment Pennsylvania on 3 September 1864.
Mustered Out Company Batty D, 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment Pennsylvania on 30 June 1865 at Pittsburgh, PA.William D. McGough 55th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Union Pennsylvania. Company A. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name William/McGough (Film Number M554 roll 80).
Name: William McGough
Enlistment Date: 25 February 1864
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 25 February 1864.
Enlisted in Company A, 55th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 25 February 1864.
Died from wounds Company A, 55th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 21 July 1864.Elizabeth McGough, mother of William D. McGough, Company A, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry, field a claim on February 12, 1877.
John McGue 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Volunteers) Union Pennsylvania. Company (blank) Rank in and out: Sergeant (Film Number M554 roll 80)
Patrick McGue (not on basic list)
Michael McGue, father, and Mary McGue, mother, of Patrick McGue, whose service was in Company F, 56th New York Infantry, filed claim on January 14, 1867 (mother) and on July 3, 1897 (father from Pennsylvania). (Pension Index.)
Peter McGue 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (65th Volunteers) Union Pennsylvania . Company M, C. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Peter/McGhue (Film Number M554 roll 80).
Name: Peter McGue
Enlistment Date: 21 March 1864
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 21 March 1864.
Enlisted in Company M, 5th Cavalry Regiment Pennsylvania on 21 March 1864.
Mustered Out Company M, 5th Cavalry Regiment Pennsylvania on 7 August 1865 at Richmond, VA.William McGue 4th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (64th Volunteers) Union Pennsylvania. Company G, Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M554 roll 80)
Thomas McGoff, Union, 11th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry
Company: C
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Corporal
Alternate Name: Thomas/McGough
Film Number: M555 roll 5Thomas McGough 3rd Regiment, Rhode Island Cavalry Union Rhode Island. Company G, Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M555 roll 5).
Name: Thomas McGough
Residence: Providence, Rhode Island
Enlistment Date: 27 January 1864
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 27 January 1864.
Enlisted in Company G, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Rhode Island on 14 March 1864.
Mustered Out Company G, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Rhode Island on 29 November 1865 at New Orleans, LA.Thomas McGough, who had been a Sergeant in Company G, 3rd Rhode Island Cavalry, made a claim as an invalid on December 13, 1875.
Thomas McGough 11th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry Union Rhode Island. Company C. Rank in: Private; rank out: Corporal (Film Number M555 roll 5).
Name: Thomas McGough
Residence: North Providence, Rhode Island
Enlistment Date: 9 September 1862
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 9 September 1862.
Enlisted in Company F, 11th Infantry Regiment Rhode Island on 1 October 1862.
Promoted to Full Corporal on 1 February 1863.
Mustered Out Company F, 11th Infantry Regiment Rhode Island on 13 July 1863 at Providence, RI.Also listed as Thomas McGoff.
Peter McGue 3rd Regiment, Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Union Rhode Island. Company H, B. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Peter/McGone (Film Number M555 roll 5).
Caroline McGough, widow of Peter McGough, alias Peter McGoue, of Company H & B, Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, filed a widow's claim on October 10, 1916.
A.ct. C. McGough (not on basic list)
A ct. C. McGough, Private, 3rd Tennessee, taken at or transferred from Fort Donelson, on February 16, 1862, was confined as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas (Confederate Prisoners of War, Roll M598_57 ).
B. F. McGough 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Clack's) Confederate Tennessee. Company H. Rank in and out: Private (Film Number M231 roll 29)
N. C. McGough 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Clack's) Confederate Tennessee. Company H. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M231 roll 29)
William W. McGough 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Clack's) Confederate Tennessee. Company H. Rank in: Private; rank out: Sergeant Alternate Name William W./McGough (M231 roll 29)
T. J. McGugh 41 Tennessee Infantry. Confederate. Company H. Rank in and out: Private. Alternate Name Thomas J./McGaugh (M231 roll 29)
Tennessee Civil War Soldiers Index lists:
McGugh, T. J. 41st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Company H
Name: T. J. McGugh
Side: Confederate
Regiment Name: 41st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
Company: H
Rank in and out: Private
Alternate Name: Thomas J./McGaugh
Film Number: M231 roll 29J. T. McGough, Private, Company H, 33rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment, is listed as among those killed in the The Chunky Creek Train Wreck of 1863, which ocurred on February 19 and killed forty passengers, mostly confederate soldiers on the way to reinforce the defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi, from the Union forces of General Sherman.
J. T. McGough 10th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Locke's) Confederate Texas. Company C. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M227 roll 24) (See: Butts County—Five sons of William Thomas McGough and Nancy McClure under Georgia, above.)
J. P. McGough, Company C, 10th Texas Cavalry, was as Confederate Prisoner of War, after he surrendered on ay in Centerville, Alabama. (M598_78).
"Confederate Research Sources, Volume 2, Mc., page 1199, Mcgough, J. T., Private Co. C, 10th Tex. Cavalry Roll of Prisoners of War, C. S. A., Paroled Meridian, Miss., May 10, 1865. Reserve Atlanta, Ga." Louisiana Confederate Soldiers on Ancestry.com
McGough, J. T., Private, Co. C, is listed on the 10th Texas Cavalry, Confederate State Army, Muster Roll. "Organized in the fall of 1861. Dismounted in April 1862. Surrendered by Lt. General Richard Taylor at Citronelle, Alabama on 4 May 1865."
"10th Texas Cavalry—1861—The 10th was organized with about 900 men during the late summer of 1861 at Goose Lake, about 10 miles north east of Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., Tx. by Col. M. F. Locke. Many of its members were recruited in the towns of Quitman and Tyler, and from the Counties of Upshur, Rusk and Cherokee."
W. McGough 3rd Regiment, Texas Infantry Confederate Texas. Company C. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M227 roll 24)
W. C. McGough (not on basic list)
Drusilla McGough, a widow of W. C. McGough, who performed service in the Texas military in 1862, filed a widow's claim on March 3, 1929 (?).
For many years, in promoting its tours of Texas, Fort Tours published a story of the Ellison Springs Fight, part of which I quote here:
"During the Civil War, the citizens of Eastland, Callahan, and perhaps other western counties, formed a company, and Lt. Singleton Gilbert was placed in charge. ... The command now (August of 1864) consisted of the following: Lt. Singleton Gilbert, Burton Keith, James Ellison, Tom Caddenhead, Tom Gilbert, J. L. Head, W. C. McGough, Ben Gilbert, Harrison York, Maridy York, James Temple, James Stubblefield, Jasper Gilbert, James Temple and perhaps, one or two others. ... A bitter engagement followed and Burton Keith was killed during the early part of the fighting. W. C. McGough attempted to place Keith on McGough's horse, but before this could be done, Keith was dead, and fell to the ground. By this time an Indian appeared to be reaching for McGough's bridle rein, so this savage was shot with the only load in McGough's pistol. The fighting was so intense, the Texans were forced to fall back, and hastily retreated to the Ellison ranch house, a short distance away."
William McGough (not on basic list)
William McGough is listed as a private in Captain Davis' Company, Confederate Light Artillery, composed of men who enlisted in Texas or New Mexico. Card number 51848772 in Confederate Service Records, 1861–1865 on Ancestry.com. (Compiled Service Records of the Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M258, 123 rolls); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C.)
Arthur McGoff, Union, Ordnance Department (Regular Army), Film Number: M233 roll 28.
John McGoff, Union, Regiment State/Origin: Union Regular Army, 3rd Regiment, US Artillery (Regular Army)
Company: B
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M233 roll 30Michael McGeough 1st Regiment, US Sharpshooters (Regular Army) Union, Company H. Rank in and out: Sergeant (Film Number M1290 roll 2).
Name: Michael McGeough
Enlistment Date: 18 August 1861
Enlistment Place: Brooklyn, New York
Side Served: Union
State Served: U.S. Volunteers
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 18 August 1861 at the age of 27.
Enlisted in Company H, 1st SS Regiment U.S. Volunteers on 17 September 1861.
Promoted to Full Corporal on 1 October 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant on 8 October 1861.
Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 16 October 1862.
Died from wounds Company H, 1st SS Regiment U.S. Volunteers on 22 May 1864.Michael McGough 13th Regiment, US Infantry (Regular Army) Union Union Regular Army. Company G. (Film Number M233 roll 30).
James McGough US Army (Regular Army) Union Union Regular Army (Film Number M233 roll 26)
Owen McGough 3rd Regiment, US Artillery (Regular Army) Union Union Regular Army. Company D. Rank in: (blank); rank out: Private (Film Number M233 roll 28) Corporal Owen McGough of Battery D, 5th U.S. Artillery, born in Ireland, was awarded a Medal of Honor. Citation Place: Bull Run. Citation Date: July 21, 1861. (Citation State: Virginia) Birth Place: Ireland. Date Issued: August 28, 1897. Citation: "Through his personal exertions under a heavy fire, one of guns of his battery was brought off the field; all the other guns were lost." (Page 106 CWUNIT URA005RGLAD).
Oscar McGue (not on basic list)
Oscar McGue, whose service was in Headquarters, 2nd Battalion, U. S. Field Artillery, filed a claim from California as an invalid on August 11, 1924.
Owen McGough Unassigned Veteran Reserve Corps Union Veteran Reserve Corps. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M636 roll 25/26)
Owen McGough 2nd Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps Union Veteran Reserve Corps. Company K. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M636 roll 25/26)
Peter McGough 20th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps Union Veteran Reserve Corps. Company K. Rank in and out: Private. (Film Number M636 roll 25/26)
Henry McGoff, Union, Regiment State/Origin: U.S. Colored Troops, 4th Regiment, United States Colored Heavy Artillery.
Company: G
Rank in and out: Private
Film Number: M589 roll 59
Memorial: Part of the African American Civil War Memorial
Plaque Number: A-10Name: Henry McGoff
Birth Location: Lincoln CO, Tennessee
Enlistment Date: 15 Oct 1863
Enlistment Location: Union City, Tennessee
Branch of Service: 4th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery
Estimated Birth Year: about 1844
Roll: M1818_70
Cornelius McGoff, Union, 3rd Regiment, Vermont Infantry.
Enlisted August 20, 1862. Residence: Barton, Vermont.
Company: D, E
Rank in and out: Private
Mustered out June 19, 1865
Film Number: M557 roll 9The 1890 special census schedule of surviving soldiers of the Civil War listed in Irasburg, Orleans county, Vermont, Cornelius McGoff, a private in Company E of the 3rd Vermont Infantry, who enlisted on August 20, 1862, and was discharged on June 19, 1865, with service of 2 years, 9 months, and 22 days.
Martha McGoff, widow of Cornelius McGoff, who served in Companies D & E, 3rd Vermont Infantry, filed a widow's claim on September 23, 1925, from Vermont, Cornelius McGoff filed a claim as an invalid on November 1, 1877. Civil War Pension Index on Ancestry.com.
The 1900 census of Irasburg, Orleans county, Vermont, lists Cornelius McGoff, age 56, born in December, 1843, in Canada to parents born in Ireland, married for 32 years, with his wife, Martha (Martha S. Ordway) McGoff, age 54, born in Vermont in January of 1846, mother of 9 children, all 9 of whom were living. With them was a son, "Is."age 29, single born in July, 1870, in Vermont, whose occupation is listed as :"Soldier U.S." He is lusted as Isaac McGoff, age 9 in the 1880 census of the same place, and is probably the Isaac E. McGoff listed immediately below. Cornelius and Martha McGoff in the 1900 census are indexed by Ancestry.com as Cou and Matin, and Is is indexed as J S. (T-623, roll 1693, page 9A, line 28). Cornelius McGoff died in 1921 in Irasburg, Vermont, according to the IGI..The 1910 and 1920 censuses of Irasburg says that Cornelius McGoff emigrated to the US from Canada in 1861,
Isaac E. McGoff
Isaac E. McGoff, who served in Company G, 26th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, filed a claim as an invalid on May 21, 1901, from Vermont. Civil War Pension Index on Ancestry.com. I was not able to find Isaac McGoff any where else in Civil War records. My guess is that this was Isaac McGoff, son of Cornelius and Martha McGoff who are listed immediately below. This Isaac was born in July of 1870, and obviously served in the U. S. Army well after the Civil War. He was serving at the time of the 1900 census, which lists him as 29 years old. A local history of Irasburg says that Isaac McGoff, a son of Cornelius McGoff and Martha Ordway, served in the Spanish-American War. A History of Irasburg, Vermont. by Marjorie A. Orcutt and Edward S, Alexander (Academy Books, Rutland Vermont, 1989), pages 46–47.
The 1910 census of Millinocket, Penobscot county, Maine, lists Isaac E. McGoff, age 38, born in Vermont to a father born in Canada (English) and a mother born in Vermont, a blacksmith (carriage), with his wife, Julia C. McGoff, age 27, and daughter, Mary M. McGoff, age 4, born in New Hampshire (T-624, roll 545, page 8A, line 8).
Isaac McGoff was born on January 29, 1870, in Irasburg,Orleans county ,Vermont, and died on January 23, 1937, in Millinocket, Penobscot county, Maine...He married Julia Corrigan (daughter of John Corrigan and Mary Gaughan) who was born on July 2, 1882, in Island Brook, Quebec, Canada, and died on January 31, 1972, in Millinocket, Penobscot county, Maine. . Isaac and Julia were married on March 6m 1905, in St. Kieran's Church, Berlin, New Hampshire. (Maine Ancestry—Jenkins, Gonya, York, Coon, Bubar & Faloon on Genealogy.com.)
Patrick McGeough (see Massachusetts)
Name: Patrick McGeough
Residence: Fairfield, Vermont
Occupation: Laborer
Enlistment Date: 24 February 1864
Side Served: Union
State Served: Massachusetts
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 February 1864 at the age of 24.
Enlisted in Company D, 19th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 24 February 1864.
Received a disability discharge from Company D, 19th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 26 April 1864.The 1890 Veterans Schedules for Fairfield township, Franklin county, Vermont, list: (1890) Patrick McGue, Private, Company D, 195th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry. Date of Enlistment February 3, 1863. Date of Discharge April 29, 1863. Length of Service 2 months 25 days. Address: Fairfield, Vermont (house number 113, family number 118, M-123, roll 105, page 1, line 10; Enumeration District: 102.)
James McGue 10th Regiment, Vermont Infantry Union Vermont, Company C. Rank in: Private; rank out: Corporal. (Film Number M557 roll 9).
Name: James McGue
Residence: Rutland, Vermont
Enlistment Date: 21 July 1862
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 21 July 1862.
Enlisted in Company C, 10th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 1 September 1862.
Promoted to Full Corporal on 28 February 1865.
Mustered Out Company C, 10th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 22 June 1865.James McGue/McGee. Vermont in the Civil War Database has this entry: "McGee, James, age 31, credited to Rutland, VT Unit: 10th VT INF. Service: enl 7/21/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. C, 10th VT INF, pr CORP 2/28/65, m/o 6/22/65. VITALS: born: abt 1831, Unknown; died 03/28/1899; buried: Horton Cemetery, Chittenden, VT." The surname should be McGue. The accompanying photograph is of a gravestone of a Joseph McGee. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles on Ancestry.com lists:
Name: James McGue Residence: Vermont Enlistment Date: 21 Jul 1862 Rank at enlistment: Private State Served: Vermont Survived the War?: Yes Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Vermont 10th Infantry Regiment on 01 Sep 1862.Promoted to Full Corporal on 28 Feb 1865.Mustered out on 22 Jun 1865. Sources: Roster of Vermont Volunteers During the War of the Rebellion 1861-66 James McGue, whose service was in Company C, 10th Vermont Infantry, filed a claim from Minnesota as an invalid on August 9, 1884. (Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861–1934, on Ancestry.com.).
The 1890 Veterans Schedules lists, in White Bear, Ramsey county, Minnesota: (1890) James McGue, Corporal, Company C. 10th Regiment, Vermont Infantry. Date of Enlistment June, 1862. Date of Discharge July, 1865. Disability Incurred Scurvy. Unable to work. Address: White Bear, Minnesota. (house number 94, family number 98, M-123, roll 24, page 3, line 37; Enumeration District 81).
Lafayette McGoff, Confederate, 48th Regiment, Virginia Infantry.
Enlisted March 23, 1862, in Washington county, Virginia. Occupation: farmer.
Company: B
Rank In: Private
Received a disability discharge on March 29, 1863, at Moose Neck, Virginia.
Film Number: M382 roll 37
Presley D. McGue.
Presley D. Gue.
Presley D. Gue
Regiment Name 1 West Virginia Vet. Inf.
Side Union
Company D
Rank in and out: Private.
( Film Number M507 roll 5)Presley D. Gue
Regiment Name 9 West Virginia Infantry.
Side Union
Company D
Rank in and out: Private.
(Film Number M507 roll 5)The 1890 Veterans Schedule of Huntington, Cabell county, West Virginia, lists (1890) Susan Riddle (Address: Huntington, West Virginia; house number 174, family number 199, M-123, roll 110, page 8, line 33; Enumeration District: 21), widow of Presley D. McGue, Private, Company D, 9th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry. Date of Enlistment June, 1861. Date of Discharge March, 1864. Length of Service 4 years, 3 months (sic). Disability incurred: Fits. Prisoner, 14 month 14 days. [The 1860 census of Cabell county, Virginia, lists Presley Gue, age 21, a farmer, born in Virginia, living with his parents, Linsey and Nancy Gue. None of them could read and write (M-653, roll 1338, page 45, line 35). Civil War records are under the surname Gue. See this posting on the Gue Family Forum on Genealogy.com: Re: Presley Gue - Susanna Turley WV-OH. See also: Gue vs McGue.]
Reece McGue. The 1890 Veterans Schedule of Buffalo, Putnam county, West Virginia, lists (1890) Mary A. McGue (Address: Buffalo, West Virginia; house number 383, family number 384, M-123, roll 110, page 8, line 41; Enumeration District 132), widow of Reece McGue, Private, Company F, 27th Regiment, O US, Date of Enlistment August 26, 1862. Date of Discharge unknown. Disability incurred: Shot in right arm. Death in Service.
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