David McKee

David McKee (November 20, 1828 – December 31, 1862) was an American lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Grant County. He was killed at the Battle of Stones River in the American Civil War.

Early life David McKee was born at St. Louis, Missouri, to a family of Irish American immigrants. When he was three years old, his family moved to what is now Grant County, Wisconsin—at the time, this was part of "Iowa County" in the Michigan Territory—where his father worked as a lead miner. McKee remained with his father in Grant County until he was old enough to be sent back to St. Louis to finish his education.

He became involved with the Democratic Party and, in 1851, he won election to the Wisconsin State Assembly in Grant County's 3rd Assembly district. He reluctantly left the Democratic Party in the 1850s and joined the new Republican Party to be on the side of abolition. In the morning phase of the battle, they were part of Sherman's successful flanking attack which destabilized the Confederate left.

The regiment spent the remainder of the year in camp near Washington, building fortifications and drilling. They received visits from President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of State William H. Seward, and Wisconsin Governor Alexander Randall.

Kentucky campaign (Fall 1862) In June, the 15th Wisconsin departed Island Number 10, marching to Union City, Tennessee, and joining the division of General Robert Byington Mitchell.

Following the expedition, the 15th Wisconsin Infantry returned to Nashville, Tennessee. The Army had been reorganized in the meantime, and the 15th Wisconsin Infantry was now organized in the division of Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis, in the right wing of the Army of the Cumberland, under Major General Alexander McDowell McCook.