Samuel Tilden McClure

Enlistment Age-23
Enlisted: Aug 13,1862, Curwensville,PA
Mustered in Aug 26,1862, Harrisburg,PA. Private
Mustered into Co "B"
149th PA Infantry The famous Bucktail Regiment

Killed in action on the first days battle on the McPhearson Farm, and along the Chambersburg Pike, Gettysburg.

From the main monument on Chambersburg Pike, on the northwest side of town:
"July 1st. The Regiment held this position from 11:30 a.m. until the Corps retired, resisting several assaults of the enemy, making two successful charges to the R.R. Cut and changing front to rear under fire."

Samuel Tilden McClure was reportedly killed near the Rail Road from an explosion.