Listed in the 1857 Elgin Directory as a Marble Worker.
Member of St. Mary's Parish.
Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as a Stone Cutter living on Prairie St.
Listed on the 1860 Federal Census #319/2357 as a 20 year old Laborer from Ireland living in Elgin, Ill.
B Co. 38th Ill. Vol. Inf.
K Co. 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.
The Lincoln Regiment
Enlisted Feb. 29, 1864.Mustered In Feb. 29, 1864.
Issued .58 Rifled musket.
Mustered Out July 6, 1865 in Louisville, Ky.
Finial payout and discharge at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Ill's. July 12, 1865.
Known Actions;
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Nickajack Creek, Ga. July 2, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Allatoona Pass, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864
Decatur, Ga. Oct. 26, 1864
Rome Cross Roads, Ga. Nov. 10, 1864
Savannah, Ga. Nov. 23, 1864
Columbia, SC Nov. 24, 1864
Bentonville, NC March 19, 1865
Member Elgin GAR Post #260.
As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger:
Nationality, Irish. Occupation, Stone Mason. Died Feb. 19, 1893, 9:00 at the Insane Hospital. Aged 76 years. Cause of death listed as Exhaustion of Chronic Mania for 18 years. Undertaker, Wait & Burdick. Physician, H. J. Brook. Permit #4732. Interred at Bluff City Cemetery
From the Illinois Select Death Index
Name - Michael McCarthy
Birth Year - About 1817
Aged - 76 Years
Died - Feb. 9, 1893 at the Elgin Insane Hospital, Kane Co., Ill.
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| Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc. |
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| From the collection of Ken Gough |
Model 1861 Springfield Rifled Musket
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