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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William S. Shearer

(? - 1862)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 38th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

From Oglethorpe County, he mustered as Private, Company E, 38th Georgia Infantry on 29 September 1861.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds on 20 November 1862, place not given.

References & notes

Service from the Roster 1 via the Historical Data Systems database.

Death

11/20/1862

Notes

1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 19591]

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