enlisted 24 Aug 1861
Killed in action while leading the charge
at Moores Hill.
Capt. McCullough was originally buried in the National Cemetery in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, but was moved to Nashville in 1867.
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*The son of John & Mary "Polly" (Williamson) McCullough, he married Catherine Miller November 5, 1840, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and fathered Mary E. (b. @1842), John Williamson (b. 01/28/47), and Emily A. L. (b. 11/18/51). In 1860, he was what appears to be a mail carrier (census is nearly impossible to read) living with his family in Dickinson Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Centerville, Cumberland County, August 24, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 9 as a private with Co. I, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa). On November 9, 1861, he was promoted to captain, receiving the governor's commission effective December 10, 1861. He was mortally wounded in a skirmish at Moore's Hill near Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky.
*Thanks to generous research of Dennis Brandt.
enlisted 24 Aug 1861
Killed in action while leading the charge
at Moores Hill.
Capt. McCullough was originally buried in the National Cemetery in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, but was moved to Nashville in 1867.
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*The son of John & Mary "Polly" (Williamson) McCullough, he married Catherine Miller November 5, 1840, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and fathered Mary E. (b. @1842), John Williamson (b. 01/28/47), and Emily A. L. (b. 11/18/51). In 1860, he was what appears to be a mail carrier (census is nearly impossible to read) living with his family in Dickinson Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Centerville, Cumberland County, August 24, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 9 as a private with Co. I, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa). On November 9, 1861, he was promoted to captain, receiving the governor's commission effective December 10, 1861. He was mortally wounded in a skirmish at Moore's Hill near Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky.
*Thanks to generous research of Dennis Brandt.
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