He enlisted in Company C, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry during the Civil War as a Wagoner.
He was captured in Athens, Alabama on September 24, 1864, and became a prisoner of war.
He was sent from Cahaba to Andersonville. He survived the explosion of the steamboat Sultana April 27, 1865, but died April 30, 1865 at Gayoso of fractured clavicle and other injuries sustained in the explosion of the vessel.
http://www.civilwarprisoners.com/searchresults.php?fname=Bird&lname=McPhail&database=sultana
He was captured in Athens, Alabama on September 24, 1864, and became a prisoner of war.
He was sent from Cahaba to Andersonville. He survived the explosion of the steamboat Sultana April 27, 1865, but died April 30, 1865 at Gayoso of fractured clavicle and other injuries sustained in the explosion of the vessel.
http://www.civilwarprisoners.com/searchresults.php?fname=Bird&lname=McPhail&database=sultana
He enlisted in Company C, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry during the Civil War as a Wagoner.
He was captured in Athens, Alabama on September 24, 1864, and became a prisoner of war.
He was sent from Cahaba to Andersonville. He survived the explosion of the steamboat Sultana April 27, 1865, but died April 30, 1865 at Gayoso of fractured clavicle and other injuries sustained in the explosion of the vessel.
http://www.civilwarprisoners.com/searchresults.php?fname=Bird&lname=McPhail&database=sultana
He was captured in Athens, Alabama on September 24, 1864, and became a prisoner of war.
He was sent from Cahaba to Andersonville. He survived the explosion of the steamboat Sultana April 27, 1865, but died April 30, 1865 at Gayoso of fractured clavicle and other injuries sustained in the explosion of the vessel.
http://www.civilwarprisoners.com/searchresults.php?fname=Bird&lname=McPhail&database=sultana
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