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	At the age of 15 David became sole supporter for his mother and sister when his father died in 1847. He made a living as a distiller until 1862 when at the age of 30 he answered the call of Ohio State Governor David Todd for all able bodied men in the state to defend Cincinnati Ohio against a Confederate force that was then advancing on the city. He belonged to the un-uniformed men called the 'Squirel Hunters' and although events turned out that they where not needed to repulse the advance, they were given Honorable Military discharges for there patriotic efforts. His military outfit, known as Captain Lowery's Company 'G' 115th Ohio Voluntary infantry,signed up at Cuyahoga Falls, ohio. serve three years for the duration of the war. His unit fought many battles of the Western service along the Mississippi River and the Battle of the Wilderness. Corporal McGrath was Captured with his whole Company on 5 December 1864. At the time, they where stationed along the Nashville and Cattanooga railroad between Nashville and Murfreeboro,TN. The prisoners were divided into groups and Corporal McGrath was sent to Andersonville Georgia where thier Confedrate captors starved the 50,000 union Prisoners held there. 14,000 died there, including David McGrath. The commanding officer of Andersonville prison, Capt Henery Wirtz was sentenced by Military court in 1865 and was hung. Corpral McGrath was buried with his comrades at Andersonville, Georgia at what is now a National Park and Cemetary. Information comes from family records.
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