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Confederate (CSV)

Private

WIlliam S. Whitaker

(1838 - 1862)

Home State: Florida

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th Florida Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He mustered as Private in Company K, 5th Florida Infantry on 20 February 1862 in Tallahassee, FL.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He died of wounds at General Hospital #4 in Richmond, VA on 25 October 1862.

References & notes

Service from Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers 1861-1865 (via the Historical Data Systems database). His memorial is on Findagrave.

Birth

1838

Death

10/25/1862; Richmond, VA