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Federal (USV)

Private

William H. Simpson

Home State: Pennsylvania

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 118th Pennsylvania Infantry

Before Antietam

He was in Company D.

On the Campaign

He was captured in action on 20 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Discharged on disability 3 December 1862 at Washington, DC.

References & notes

Basic information from Smith1.

Notes

1   Smith, John L., and Survivor's Association, History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 2nd Edition, Philadelphia: J.L. Smith, Map Publisher, 1905, pp. 699 - 704  [AotW citation 2025]