Name |
Thomas M. Divins |
Born |
10 Feb 1847 |
Leatherwood, Clarion County, Pennsylvania |
Gender |
Male |
_MILT |
Participated in 23 engagements in the Civil War, including the Winderness, Spottsylvania and North and South Anna River. [1] |
_MILT |
Wounded at Petersburg, Virginia. [1] |
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According to Thomas M. Divins (a close friend of Anthony McKinney and who was also in Company K) as told to Brainard McKinney, his grandson; Anthony was "was a sharp shooter, and a darn good one". "In one instance, Anthony picked off a Confederate sharp shooter out of a tree where he was hiding. Company K was unable to move forward and Anthony figured out where he was hiding by noticing Tulip leaves on a Hickory tree. The Confederate was hiding in a Hickory tree and and had covered himself with the wrong kind of leaves. It only took one shot and Company K then moved forward." (Source - Gary McKinney of St. Petersburg, Clarion County, Pa., in a letter to J.P. Rhein)
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_MILT |
1863 |
Served in Company K, 148th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. [1] |
_MILT |
5 Jun 1865 |
Honorably discharged at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [1] |
Died |
24 Jun 1920 |
Porter Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania |
Person ID |
I2051 |
McKinney and Stewart of Clarion County, Pennsylvania |
Last Modified |
12 Oct 2007 |
Father |
William H. Divins, b. 1808, Northumberland County, now West Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania , d. 15 May 1862, Leatherwood, Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Age 54 years) |
Mother |
Mary Catherine McKinney, b. 2 Oct 1812, Walker Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania , d. 15 May 1882, Leatherwood, Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Age 69 years) |
Married |
1834 |
Walker Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania [2] |
Family ID |
F0053 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |