Private
Peter
McCullough
Born [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 75
in Audrain, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jul 2023
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Biography
Peter was born in 1839. He passed away in 1915. [1]
Military Service
Private Peter McCullough served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Jun 20, 1861
Mustered out: Jan 7, 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co. D, 8th Regiment, Missouri Infantry
Enlisted: Jun 20, 1861
Mustered out: Jan 7, 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co. D, 8th Regiment, Missouri Infantry
Corporal Peter McCullough was Wounded in Action during the Civil War.
Private Peter McCullough was a Prisoner of War during United States Civil War.
- Civil War
Private Peter McCullough served as the Judge Advocate for the court martial of the Andersonville Raiders. [2]
- Name: Mc CULLOUGH, PETER
- Alternate spelling of last name:
- Year born:
- Rank: PRIVATE
- Company: G
- Arm: Infantry
- Regiment number: 8th Missouri Infantry
- Date captured: 7/20/1863
- Location captured: Canton, Mississippi
- Fate: Sent to Camp Lawton, Millen, Georgia, October 31, 1864. Exchanged at Savannah, Georgia, November 20, 1864. Known as the ""Hanging Judge"". [3]
- McCullough, Peter
- Private
- Company G
- 9th Regiment, Missouri Infantry
Enlisted when: June 20, 1861
- Enlisted where: Elmwood, Ill.
- Period: 3 years
- Casualty: Feb 15, 1962
- Wounded: Fort Donelson (musket ball in leg)
- Captured: July 20, 1863
- At: Brandon, Miss
- Confined: Richmond, Va., Aug 5, 1863
- Sent to: Andersonville, Ga.. March 8, 1864
Sent to: Millen, Oct 31, 1864
- Paroled: Savannah, Ga., Nov. 20, 1864. [4]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10304293/peter-mccullough: accessed 24 July 2023), memorial page for Peter “Big Pete” McCullough (12 Dec 1839–5 Dec 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10304293, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Ancestral Sleuth (contributor 48171177).
- ↑ "Andersonville Raiders, Yankee versus Yankee in the Civil War's Most Notorious Prison Camp" by Gary Morgan, Stackpole Books 2020, Page 198.
- ↑ Civil War Prisons, Andersonville Prison, Record for Mc CULLOUGH, PETER. http://www.civilwarprisoners.com/searchresults.php?fname=Peter&lname=M®iment=8th&database=andersonville
- ↑ Fold3, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Missouri., CMSR for McCullough, Peter (30 pages). https://www.fold3.com/image/231282475?terms=peter,mccullough,war,civil,union,missouri
- Fold3, Peter McCullough (https://www.fold3.com/memorial/654613736/peter-mccullough-civil-war-stories : accessed July 24, 2023), database and images, https://www.fold3.com/memorial/654613736/peter-mccullough-civil-war-stories
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