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McNeil, John 1813-1891
Military officer; born in Halifax, N. S., Feb. 4, 1813; was a hatter in St. Louis about twenty years, and then president of an insurance company; entered the Union service with General Lyon in May, 1861; and was in command of St. Louis, under Fremont.
He was made colonel of the 19th Missouri Volunteers Aug. 3, and early in 1862 took command of a cavalry regiment and of a military district in Missouri, in which he distinguished himself by clearing out the guerillas; and was promoted brigadiergeneral.
He assisted in driving the forces under Price out of Missouri in the fall of 1864.
He was a commissioner to the Centennial Exposition in 1876 and an Indian inspector in 1878 and 1882.
He died in St. Louis, June 8, 1891.