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Alexander McIlvain (Richland County, Ohio, Colonel of the 64th Ohio Volunteer Infantry)

b. 1820? d. 1864-05-09

Richland County, Ohio, Colonel of the 64th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Pennsylvania native. Married to Ruth Ann McIlvane. Father of Wellington McIlvane, George McIlvane, Henrietta McIlvane, James McIlvane, and David McIlvane. Plasterer in Richland County, Ohio, in 1850. Mustered into Company A of the 64th Ohio Volunteer infantry (U.S.A.) On September 21, 1861. Served in Company A as captain from October 15, 1861 to June 30, 1862. Promoted to major in the 64th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on June 30, 1862. Promoted to lieutenant colonel in the 64th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on August 10, 1862. Promoted to colonel in the 64th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on March 11, 1863. Killed in action at Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, on May 9, 1864.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Richland County, Madison, p. 103A.

Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, vol. 5, 1861-1866 (Akron, OH: The Werner Ptg. and MFG. Co, 1887), 433.

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McIlvain, Alexander. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280356 (November 12, 2026).

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