Roster showing all 4 brothers (sons of John M. McClaugherty & Phoebe Hale) with Company A, 17th Virginia Regiment of Cavalry
A roll of Company A, 17th Virginia Cavalry Regiment (Mercer County Company) :
http://www.kinyon.com/westvirginia/midnewriver/appendixg2.htm
Edward Hale McClaugherty (Lieut) --> died in battle. Do you have records as to when he died and what battle or what happened that caused his death?
John McClaugherty (Men of the Line)
Joseph H. McClaugherty (Men of the Line)
Nelson H. McClaugherty (Men of the Line)
All 4 McClaugherty brothers were assigned to the same regiment. but having difficulty finding additional information about them. Here is what I have located:
Concerning Edward Hale McClaugherty
http://www.kinyon.com/westvirginia/midnewriver/appendixc4.htm
Edward McClaugherty, another great-grandson of Edward Hale, was a lieutenant in Company A, 17th Virginia Regiment of Cavalry, and died in the service.
http://www.kinyon.com/westvirginia/midnewriver/chapter7m.htm
When Captain William H. French was promoted to the rank of Colonel, Captain J. W. Graybeal became Captain of Company A and Judson Ellison and W. A. Reed became Lieutenants, together with Edward McClaugherty, in the place of Ellison resigned.
Concerning Joseph H. McClaugherty
http://www.kinyon.com/westvirginia/midnewriver/chapter7m.htm
On the first day at Gettysburg, after the Federal line had been broken, Captain Robert Gore, of Company D, distinguished himself by dashing in front of the Federal lines alone, and capturing 150 of the retreating enemy. After the first day's fight was over the 17th Regiment took charge of and guarded the 5,000 prisoners captured on that day. On the retreat from Pennsylvania this brigade of Jenkins had quite a lively fight with the enemy near Boonesboro, in which Joseph H. McClaughterty of Company A, was wounded.
Thank you for time & any assistance that you are able to offer,
Steven McClaugherty
Georgetown, KY