Hampshire County WV Archives Biographies.....McDonald, Craig W. 1837 - June 27, 1862
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Author: Virgil A. Lewis

/Craig W. McDonald/, of the Confederate States Army, was born in this county in
1837. His maternal grandfather was William Naylor, a prominent lawyer and
distinguished member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-30. His
father was Colonel Angus McDonald, a son of Major Angus McDonald, who was the
builder of Fort Henry at Wheeling, and long prominent in the Border Wars. He was
descended in a direct line from the McDonalds of Glengary, so famous in Scottish
history.

Young McDonald, after a thorough course in the Romney Classical School, entered
the Virginia Military Academy in July, 1855, but in the following October became
a student in the Virginia University. When the Civil War began, he was teaching
school in Culpeper county, but with the call to arms he hastened to Winchester,
where he joined the command of General Elzey, who made him his aid-de-camp. He
followed the fortunes of his commander to the battle of Gaines' Mills, where he
was struck in the breast by a grape shot and fell dead upon the field. His
remains now repose in Hollywood cemetery -- the Beautiful City of Dead -- at
Richmond.


Additional Comments:
From History of West Virginia in Two Parts by Virgil A. Lewis, Hampshire County
entry.

*death date given is taken from date of the battle of gaines mills. bio implies
he died during the battle*

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