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Vol. III |
(Born Wis.) |
Hugh J. McGrath |
(Ap'd Wis.) |
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Born Apr. 8, 1856, Fond du Lac, WI.a Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, June 14, 1876, to June 12, 1880, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieut., 4th Cavalry, June 12, 1880. Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Reno, and Scouting in Indian Territory, Sep. 30, 1880, to Oct. 7, 1881, — escorting Cheyenne Indians to Sidney, Neb., on the march to and at Ft. Bayard, N. M., and Scouting (sick leave of absence, Sep. 7 to Nov. 6, 1882) in Arizona and New Mexico, to Feb. 4, 1884, — Ft. Cummings, N. M., to May 6, 1884 (leave of absence, to July 13, 1884), — and Ft. Bowie, Ara., and Scouting, to Aug. 12, 1885; under instruction at the Infantry and Cavalry School of Application, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Sep. 1, 1885, to July 11, 1887; on frontier duty at (First Lieut., 4th Cavalry, May 26, 1886) Ft. Bowie, Ara., and on Scout, to Nov. 14, 1889; and on leave of absence, to –––––. Vol. IV (Hugh Jocelyn McGrath) Military History. — Served: At Fort Bowie, Ariz., Jan. 1, 1890 to June 10, 1890; at Fort Walla Walla, Wash., to Aug. 25, 1891; at Fort Sherman, Ida., to Sept. 10, 1891; at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., as Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Sept. 15, 1891 to Sept. 15, 1894 (during these three years pursued a course in law at the University, graduating in Class of 1893, with degree of LL. B. — Admitted to practice law in Supreme Court of Wisconsin, and U. S. District and U. S. Circuit Court, 1893.) — On duty at World's Columbian Exposition, July 15 to Sept. 1, 1893. — On duty with regiment at Fort Sherman, Ida., Sept. 20, 1894 to Aug. 10, 1895. (Captain of Cavalry, 4th Cavalry, June 19, 1897) — Fort Walla Walla, Wash., Aug. 18, 1895 to Sept. 5, 1897. — At Vancouver Barracks, Wash., Sept. 6, 1897 to June 4, 1898. (Major and Engineer Officer, U. S. Volunteers, June 20, 1898)
— At Presidio of San Francisco to July 6, 1898. — At Jacksonville, Fla., as Chief Engineer, 2d Division, 7th Army Corps, July 14, 1898 to Sept. 20, 1899. — At Savannah, Ga., in same capacity, Sept. 20 to Nov. 13, — On detached service in Havana, Cuba, with Major-General (Honorably Discharged from Volunteer Service, May 12, 1899) — Served with regiment at San Felipe, P. I., to –––––; seriously wounded in action at Noveleta, Luzon, Oct. 8, 1899. Died Nov. 7, 1899, at Manila, P. I., of wounds received in action: Aged 44. See Annual Association of Graduates, U. S. M. A., 1900, for an obituary notice, with a portrait. Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA. |
a Maj. McGrath's birth data are from his tombstone, q.v.
b On Apr. 29, 1902, Maj. McGrath was posthumously awarded the Congressional
Medal of Honor
for his actions in that engagement. The citation reads in full, according to the page at Congressional Medal of Honor Society:
Swam the San Juan River in the face of the enemy's fire and drove him from his entrenchments.
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