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- New York
The McKinney brothers
Private McKinney was already dead when the Gettysburg battle occurred. He had contracted typhoid fever and had died in the army hospital in Alexandria, Virginia on February 24th, 1863. Eliza McKinney had her son's body transferred to the newly dedicated Soldiers' National Cemetery.
The McKinneys were a typical farming family of the Gettysburg area with six children. John was the oldest of the family at the age of 19 when he died. The next brother, Robert, Jr., was also a member of Company K, and survived the war. The third son of the family, Andrew, enlisted in another local unit, the 21st Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, at the young age of 14. He died the next year, July 17, 1864, of disease at City Point, Virginia.
they were from Mount Joy Adams county pa
Private McKinney was already dead when the Gettysburg battle occurred. He had contracted typhoid fever and had died in the army hospital in Alexandria, Virginia on February 24th, 1863. Eliza McKinney had her son's body transferred to the newly dedicated Soldiers' National Cemetery.
The McKinneys were a typical farming family of the Gettysburg area with six children. John was the oldest of the family at the age of 19 when he died. The next brother, Robert, Jr., was also a member of Company K, and survived the war. The third son of the family, Andrew, enlisted in another local unit, the 21st Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, at the young age of 14. He died the next year, July 17, 1864, of disease at City Point, Virginia.
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