Tipton County IN Archives Biographies.....McGill, Augustus 1828 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   CAPT. AUGUSTUS McGILL came to Tipton County in July, 1882, and purchased a
place adjoining the corporate limits of Windfall. He is of Celtic descent, his
ancestors having come to the colony of Pennsylvania anterior to the Revolution,
in which both his grandfathers were continental soldiers and comrades; together
they wintered at Valley Forge, crossed the Delaware on the ice under the eye of
Washington, and together took part in the battles of Trenton and Princeton. They
subsequently settled in Crawford County, Penn., where the subject of this sketch
was born in 1828. Augustus became a surveyor and school teacher, and taught at
various points until 1855, when he married. In 1856, he was appointed Postmaster
of his native town, and subsequently served one term as County Auditor. In
August, 1861, he enlisted in the Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
and served, with the exception of one short interval, through the war. He took
part in the siege of Yorktown and the battles of Hanover Court House,
Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mills, Malvern Hill, second Bull Run, Antietam and
Fredericksburg, at the last place receiving injuries which necessitated his
retiring for a short time from active service. In June, 1863, Lee invaded
Pennsylvania while Capt. McGill was at home an invalid. Gov. Curtin issued a
call for three months' men, and in less than twenty-four hours the Captain was
on his way to Pittsburgh with a full company. After the repulsion of the enemy,
the Captain returned to the Army of the Potomac, went through Grant's campaign
in the Wilderness, was in the assault on Cold Harbor, the advance on Petersburg,
the capture of the Norfolk and Weldon Railroad, etc. In the spring of 1865, he
was in the last campaign against Lee, and was at Lewis' Farm, Boydton Road and
Five Forks and many other fights, and was present at Lee's surrender. Since the
war, the Captain has served ten years as magistrate in his native town, and
successfully pursued other vocations suited to his crippled condition. His son,
William R. McGill, is a young man of estimable qualities, is also a resident of
this township, and is engaged in farming.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.


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