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Drummer Boy Willie McGee, Civil War Hero and Fraud ReviewThomas Fox has done a wonderful job of researching this off beat history of one of New Jersey's heroes (and frauds) of the Civil War. Willie McGee enlisted in July 1863 in 33rd New Jersey Infantry receiving a bonus of $650.
The 33rd started out badly with so many desertions that the 3rd Vermont was called out to guard the camp and escort the 33rd to ships bound for Washington D.C. (July 1863 was the scene of major riots, primarily Irish workingmen in New York City, although Newark remained quiet that month.) Amazingly, the 33rd came home to Newark two years later covered with glory.
McGee participated in that glory. In an official history of the 300,000 New Jerseyites who participated in the war, only two were singled out for special commendation. McGee's entry reads:
"... none, perhaps, exceeded in all the points of real sublimity those which are furnished those which are furnished in the career of drummer William McGee. ... [I]t was no ordinary victory. Two heavy guns and eight hundred of the enemy killed, wounded and captured were the trophies taken out the contest."
McGee was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, although the supporting folder was a bit thin, containing only a couple of letters including this description: "The lad was amongst the first who got the guns and he and one or two others, all mere boys mounted on Artillery horses and took the guns into Fortress Rosecrans."
McGee came in contact with a number of very prominent men who were intensely supportive of the young man. He would also go on to kill at least two men, one in an affair of honor soon after the war and another after a dispute over how to make beef stew.
Fox has put together a wonderful collection of official documents, photographs, letters, newspaper articles and other materials. This is an absolutely remarkable story of how a young man who allegedly "saved" Fortress Rosecrans from Nathan Bedford Forrest ended up in disgrace.
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