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Name: Thomas McKay
Residence: South Reading, Massachusetts
Enlistment Date: 16 Apr 1861
Side Served: Union State Served: Massachusetts
Enlisted as a Private on 16 April 1861 at the age of 25.
Enlisted in Company B, 5th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 1 May 1861.Mustered Out Company B, 5th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 31 Jul 1861 at Boston, MA.
Name: Thomas McKay
Residence: Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation: Carpenter
Enlistment Date: 24 Aug 1861 Side Served: Union
State Served: Massachusetts
Service Record: Promoted to Full 1st Sergeant.
Enlisted in Company B, 5th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts.
Enlisted as a Sergeant on 24 August 1861 at the age of 24.
Enlisted in Company G, 20th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 24 Aug 1861.
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 5 Sep 1862.
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 18 Dec 1862.
Promoted to Captain on 22 Jul 1863.
Murdered on 5 Oct 1863 at Rapidan, VA.
http://harvardregiment.org/mckay.html
An Unsolved Mystery
The 1863 Murder of Capt. Thomas McKay
On the 5th of October, 1863, a horrible murder occurred in the camp of the Twentieth Massachusetts, and as the facts concerning it extended through many weeks, it seems well to collect and give them as a whole........More at above link
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