David McKee
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Jump to navigationJump to searchDavid McKee was a Captain in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company C.
Antebellum
- Enlisted from Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin
War Career
- April 22, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company C
- April 22 - Captain
- June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
- Demanded to Governor Randall, Secretary Seward, and President Lincoln after the
Battle of Bull Run, Virginiathat the unit needed better officers and training - "We are ready to fight but for God's sake give us officers who know something to command us"[1] - March 24, 1862 - Promoted Lieutenant Colonel of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry
Postwar Career
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Family
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Notes
- ↑ Herdegan, IBiCWaM, 36
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 353)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- 15th Wisconsin Infantry
- Soldiers from Grant County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Wisconsin Mustered In
- Wisconsin Officers
- Union Officers on 1861.04.18 (Captain)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1861.04.18 (Captain)
- Union Officers on 1861.04.18 (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1861.04.18 (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Source: RWV (1) 0353
