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Private · U.S. Army

Patrick McGuire

Private Patrick McGuire, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War May 22, 1863Born in Ireland

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Private Patrick McGuire received the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Chicago Mercantile Battery, Illinois Light Artillery. McGuire was about 23 years old.

99 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on January 15, 1895, 31 years after the action.

McGuire was born in 1840 in Ireland — one of 258 recipients born in Ireland. His Medal of Honor is credited to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. McGuire died on September 8, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, at the age of about 58. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois.

McGuire is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 210 credited to Illinois.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Carried with others by hand a cannon up to and fired it through the embrasure of the enemy's works.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

  1. 1840
    Born in Ireland
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age about 23. Chicago Mercantile Battery, Illinois Light Artillery
  3. January 15, 1895
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. September 8, 1898
    Died in Chicago, Illinois
    Age about 58.
  5. Resting place
    Calvary Cemetery
    Evanston, Illinois

Also honored for actions on May 22, 1863

CA Christian Albert Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WA William J. Archinal Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 CA Clinton Lycurgus Armstrong Private · Army Civil War · 1863 DA David Ayers Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JA John G. k Ayers Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William H. Barringer Private · Army Civil War · 1863 MB Matthew Bickford Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 TB Thomas A. Blasdel Private · Army Civil War · 1863 EB Emmer Bowen Private · Army Civil War · 1863 UB Uriah H. Brown Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William P. Brownell Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1863 JB John C. Buckley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863

See all 100 recipients for May 22, 1863 →

More Civil War recipients from Illinois

JM James K. Merrifield Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 JP James W. Parks Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 GR George F. Rebmann Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JH John Hyland Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JH John P. Hughey Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Orion P. Howe Musician · Army Civil War · 1863
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.