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George McDonald
| Series : |
Reference collection |
| Image Number : |
Rc11542 |
| Date : |
18--. |
| Subject Heading(s) : |
McDonald, George d.1862--Portraits.
Confederate States of America. Army. Florida Infantry Regiment, 5th.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Original : |
1 photoprint b&w 7 x 5 in. |
Notes from
David J. Coles: |
Eighteen-year-old George L. McDonald enlisted in Company H of the 5th
Florida Infantry on April 17, 1862. The regiment transferred to Virginia
that summer. In the autumn Private McDonald was hospitalized at Staunton,
where he died of erysipelas on December 2, 1862. His mother, Frances
McDonald, filed a claim for his effects in June, 1863. He left no
money, only sundries. |
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