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McConkey, Alexander
Last Modified:
2012-08-09
Date of Birth (not before):
1815-08-02
Date of Birth (not after):
1816-08-01
Date of Death (not before):
1873-05-15
Date of Death (not after):
1873-05-15
Additional information:
McConkey's birth date range is calculated based on his age at time of enlistment. He was 45 years old when he enlisted on 1 August 1861.
Sources:
The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865)
, part 3 vol 2, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883).
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"Alexander McConkey (Union)," in
The American Civil War Research Database
[database online], Alexander Street Press, 2012. 21 February 2012.
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Bontecou, Reed Brockway
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Relationship Additional Information:
Bontecou operated on McConkey, amputating his left leg. Bontecou contributed McConkey's specimen to the Army Medical Museum.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-21
Relationship Beginning Date:
May 14, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
Apr 03, 1865
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Harewood General Hospital
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Relationship Additional Information:
McConkey was admitted into Harewood Hospital, where his left leg was amputated. He remained at Harewood for nearly a year before being transferred to Pittsburgh and admitted into a hospital there.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-21
Relationship Beginning Date:
May 14, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
Apr 03, 1865
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63rd Pennsylvania Infantry
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Relationship Additional Information:
McConkey enlisted into D Company of the 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry as Private. He was discharged due to disability.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-21
Relationship Beginning Date:
Aug 01, 1861
Relationship Ending Date:
Apr 04, 1862
63rd Pennsylvania Infantry
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Relationship Additional Information:
McConkey re-enlisted into D Company of the 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry after previously being discharged due to disability. He was later discharged from this regiment due to wounds sustained at the Battle of the Wilderness.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-21
Relationship Beginning Date:
Feb 01, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
May 19, 1865
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Battle of the Wilderness
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Relationship Additional Information:
McConkey was injured in the left knee by a conoidal ball at the Battle of the Wilderness.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-21
Relationship Ending Date:
May 05, 1864
