Captain William Gordon McCabe

1841 - 1920  (78 years)

• Name	William Gordon McCabe  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61]
  Title	Captain
  Birth	4 Aug 1841	Richmond, Virginia, United States   [3, 10, 14, 26, 29, 31, 32, 36, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60]
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	Between 1861 and 1865	Virginia, United States
  	Captain, CSA
  Death	1 Jun 1920	Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia, United States   [21, 32, 36, 48, 53, 57]
  Event Registration	2 Jun 1920
  LifeSketch	Son of John Collins McCabe and Eliza Sophia Gordon Taylor McCabe. He graduated from Hampton Academy in 1858 and entered the University of Virginia in 1860. When the Civil War began, McCabe left the university and entered military service as a private in the 3rd company of the Richmond Howitzers, an artillery company. Serving throughout the war, rose to the rank of captain. After the Civil War,he opened the University School in Petersburg, Virginia, in October 1865. He operated his school there for 30 years before moving it to Richmond, where he closed it in 1901. McCabe achieved fame as a scholar, author, poet, translator, and editor. He declined the offers of professorships from several universities. He married first Jane Pleasants Harrison Osborne on April 12, 1867,she died in 1912, they had 3 children. He married second Gilleria \"Gillie\" Armistead Cary on March 16,1915.
  Marriage License	Petersburg
  FSID	KCJ5-R2X  [57, 62, 63, 64]
  Name	W. Gordon McCabe  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61]
  Name	William Gordon McCabe  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61]
  Burial	Petersburg City, Virginia, United States   [53, 57]
  Person ID	I69301	footsteps
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Captain McCabe Biographical Sketch Abbeville Institute https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/confederate-christmas/

  
  

• Sources

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Gordon McCabe and Jane O. McCabe, 1880. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCP1-WZN [S1164] FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPCD-2SZ : Tue Oct 08 00:06:08 UTC 2024), Entry for William Gordon McCabe and William Gordon McCabe, 1953. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPCD-2S8 [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRR8-YM2 : 28 January 2020), W. G. Mc Cabe in entry for Jane P. H. O. Mc Cabe, 1874. This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree. [S696] FamilySearch.org, United States, Census, 1920, "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJV3-1L2 : Mon Oct 20 22:54:58 UTC 2025), Entry for William G McCabe and Gillie McCabe, 1920. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJV3-1L2 [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Civil War Trust Website. This is a poem written by William Gordon McCabe regarding his service as a Confederate Soldier.