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Christiana Frances <I>McRae</I> McRae

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Christiana Frances McRae McRae

Birth
USA
Death
1858 (aged 29–30)
Telfair County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Scotland, Telfair County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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She was The First Wife of Well Known Confederate officer, Major Daniel F. McRae. They had at least Three Children together.

They were Married in Telfair County on November 7, 1854. She is not in the 1860 Census.

In 1849-50 Daniel represented the Sixth senatorial district in the general assembly, contemporary with ex-Gov. Joseph E. Brown.

The History of Her Husband, in The Confederacy:

Major Daniel F. McRae (1822-1910), Company I, 5th and 7th Georgia Infantry. His biography and service to the Confederacy are noted in the Mann's "History of Telfair County From 1812-1949" (1978:88). McRae, began his service in the commissary department with the 15th Georgia; re-enlisted in the 56th Georgia. In 1864 he re-enlisted again, this time with Co. I of the 7th Georgia Militia.

Maj. McRae was a member of the Fifteenth and Fifty-sixth regiments of Georgia militia, held three commissions as major, and was brevetted colonel. He was in command of the police brigade during the siege of Atlanta; was in front of the army marching through Georgia, and at the battle of Griswoldville, near Macon in 1864 and was later in Command of a Brigade during the Siege of Atlanta. He died in 1910 and is buried in McRae, Georgia.
She was The First Wife of Well Known Confederate officer, Major Daniel F. McRae. They had at least Three Children together.

They were Married in Telfair County on November 7, 1854. She is not in the 1860 Census.

In 1849-50 Daniel represented the Sixth senatorial district in the general assembly, contemporary with ex-Gov. Joseph E. Brown.

The History of Her Husband, in The Confederacy:

Major Daniel F. McRae (1822-1910), Company I, 5th and 7th Georgia Infantry. His biography and service to the Confederacy are noted in the Mann's "History of Telfair County From 1812-1949" (1978:88). McRae, began his service in the commissary department with the 15th Georgia; re-enlisted in the 56th Georgia. In 1864 he re-enlisted again, this time with Co. I of the 7th Georgia Militia.

Maj. McRae was a member of the Fifteenth and Fifty-sixth regiments of Georgia militia, held three commissions as major, and was brevetted colonel. He was in command of the police brigade during the siege of Atlanta; was in front of the army marching through Georgia, and at the battle of Griswoldville, near Macon in 1864 and was later in Command of a Brigade during the Siege of Atlanta. He died in 1910 and is buried in McRae, Georgia.


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