Andrew McCausland was born in Augusta, Maine on Oct 7, 1816. He married Hannah McDaniel on Sept 13, 1843, in Bradley, Maine. The last of their two children was born in Maine in 1854. Some time after that, the family moved to Minnesota. He was mustered into military service on November 18, 1861. He was assigne to Company C on Feb 10, 1862. He was one of the oldest members, if not "the" oldest member in the regiment. He was getting married when some of the other volunteers in the unit were being born. he was close to being to old to be accepted. He claimed that he was 42 years old. He was actually 44. He was also recorded as being 5' 11 /2" tall, with a dark complexion, grey eyes and dark hair. McCausland was wounded at Savage Station, when he had his knapsack torn from his back by a piece of artillery shell. This wound resulted in his being discharged for disability on January 3, 1863. Returning home, at some time, he appears to have moved the family to Crystal Lake, a small community in Hennepin County just west of Minneapolis. He stayed home for about a year and a half before he re-entered the military. He enlisted in Hatch's Battalion of Independent Cavalry. He was mustered in on Aug 29, 1864, and served as a corporal in Company K. The unit was discharged on May 1, 1866, and he returned to his home in Crystal Lake. In 1870 he was 54 years old and working as a building contractor. Andrew died in Crystal Lake on April 30, 1880. He was 63 years old. Hannah died there on March 19, 1887.
Sources: Descriptive List of Company C, Minnesota Historical Society. Roster of the First Minnesota Infantry, 1910. The First Minnesota Association Papers, MHS. History of Minnesota, Edward Neill, 1878, p 700. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
