Postbellum Life
After the war, McCausland spent two years in Europe and Mexico before returning to the United States. He faced arson charges for the burning of Chambersburg, but was pardoned by President Ulysses S. Grant. He acquired a tract of 6,000 acres (24 km²) in Mason County, West Virginia, where he lived as a farmer for more than 60 years.
McCausland died at his farm, "McCausland", in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, on January 22, 1927, the last Confederate general to die. McCausland is buried in Henderson, West Virginia.
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