[2] He went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1856 and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
[1] McIntire enlisted in the Union Army upon the outbreak of the war and was elected captain of the Brandywine Guards (Company A, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves, comprising mostly Chester County volunteers).
McIntire sustained a severe wound in the ankle, necessitating amputation,[1] while repelling Confederate attacks at Glendale at 7:15 P.M.
He later reported proudly that his regiment had conceded no ground despite sustaining heavy casualties during a long day of fighting.
[1] McIntire was one of four colonels from Chester County killed during the Civil War, alongside Thomas S. Bell Jr., George W. Roberts, and Charles Frederick Taylor.