Rev
Thomas J. McGill
CSA.
Rev
Thomas J. McGill
CSA.
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Rev. Thomas J. McGill was licensed to preach about the time the war broke out between the states. Instead of taking charge of a congregation he enlisted in Company F of the Fifth Tennessee Infantry. This regiment was attached to Quarles' Division in Cheatham's Corps, and he accompanied the command into Missouri, where he participated in several of the early engagements of the war. He took part in the battles of Tullahoma and Stone River at Murfreesboro, after which he was detached as a special courier for the provost marshal general. A little time after this he was captured and taken to the federal prison in Alton, Illinois, and later to City Point, Virginia, where he was exchanged. He was later captured and taken to Camp Douglas, Illinois where he remained a prisoner until the close of the war. Submitted by Mary Louise Gossum See Obit section, page 4 for his OBIT |
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