He was a Lieutenant with Company G, 2nd Regiment, East Tennessee Volunteer Infantry [Union]. He was captured at Rogersville, Tennessee on Nov. 6th, 1863 with his Regiment. McDonald was captured as a prisoner of war and incarcerated at the Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. He later escaped during a prison transfer from a moving train and made his way back to the Federal lines.
His health was broken by the war, and he suffered constant pain until his early death on December 9th, 1888.
James had five children and many descendants. He moved west to Arkansas with the Lewallen wagon train..
He was a Lieutenant with Company G, 2nd Regiment, East Tennessee Volunteer Infantry [Union]. He was captured at Rogersville, Tennessee on Nov. 6th, 1863 with his Regiment. McDonald was captured as a prisoner of war and incarcerated at the Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. He later escaped during a prison transfer from a moving train and made his way back to the Federal lines.
His health was broken by the war, and he suffered constant pain until his early death on December 9th, 1888.
James had five children and many descendants. He moved west to Arkansas with the Lewallen wagon train..
Inscription
Lieut. James
McDonald.
died
Dec. 9, 1888.
aged
51 Years.
Family Members
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Rebecca Ann McDonald Lewallen
1833–1907
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Elizabeth Jane McDonald Haynes
1836–1915
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Mary Frances McDonald Sloan
1852–1929
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Farazina McDonald
1855–1926
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George Washington McDonald
1860–1920
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Samuel P. McDonald
1867–1891
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Mahala W. "Hala" McDonald Fields
1869–1905
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Ada Bell McDonald
1872–1960
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John Russell McDonald
1874–1953
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