William H. Daugherty

In 1860 he was a 15 year old farm boy on his parent's place near New Site, Tallapoosa County, AL. He enlisted as a Private in Company A (later renamed I), 5th Alabama Infantry on 6 May 1861 at Grove Hill.

He was wounded (thought to be mortally) and his skull was fractured in action near Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862. Probably left for dead, he was captured there.

He was admitted to a US Army hospital in Frederick, MD on 19 September, was transferred to Fort McHenry in Baltimore on 17 October, and sent on to Fortress Monroe, VA for exchange. He was in Richmond, VA hospitals until 6 December 1862, when he was furloughed home for 60 days. He was judged disabled and detailed as a teamster in Staunton, VA by August 1863 and to at least November 1863, and by January 1864 as a hospital nurse and guard in Richmond, to April 1864. He was killed "accidentally by com" (?) on 7 May 1864, place not given.

His service from the State of Alabama1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. His wounding (as mortal) on South Mountain is in a casualty list for Rodes' Brigade in the Montgomery Weekly Advertiser of 8 October 1862. Wound and hospital details from the Patient List,3 as W.H. Dougherty. Death detail from Alfred C. Young's The Complete Roster and Service Records of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia (2019). Personal details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

His brother John T Daugherty was also in Company I.

c. 1845; Upson, GA

05/07/1864; burial in Shiloh Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Delta, AL