Patrick McGuire-Evanston, IL
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 42° 01.500 W 087° 40.170
16T E 444575 N 4652768
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action at Vicksburg, MS on May 22, 1863. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, IL in Section Y, Block 15, Lot 11.
Waymark Code: WMZMWN
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2018
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He was born in 1840 in Ireland and died on September 8, 1898 in Chicago, IL. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: McGUlRE, PATRICK
• Rank and organization: Private, Chicago Mercantile Battery, Illinois Light Artillery
• Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863
• Entered service at: Chicago, Ill.
• Date of issue: 15 January 1895
Citation: Carried with others by hand a cannon up to and fired it through an embrasure of the enemy's work.
Armed Service: Army
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