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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William C. Boyd

(c. 1843 - ?)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 4th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was an unmarried 18 year old clerk from Selma, AL when he enlisted as Private on 26 April 1861 in Company C, 4th Alabama Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Present with his Company in action in most engagements at least through the Knoxville Campaign of 1863. He transferred to the 4th Alabama Cavalry on 20 December 1863.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Alabama1, which does not list him in any cavalry unit.

Birth

c. 1843 in AL

Notes

1   State of Alabama, State Archives, and Dr. Edwin C. Bridges, director, and staff, Alabama Department of Archives & History, Published c.2000, first accessed 08 July 2005, <http://www.archives.state.al.us/index.html>, Source page: various  [AotW citation 15609]