William McFarland

(? - 1862)
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 27th North Carolina Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company B.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was mortally wounded in the leg and captured in action on 17 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
He was exchanged in November 1862, but did not return to his Company, being reported dead.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Wilson1. Some detail from the US Park Service's Soldiers and Sailors Database. Details of his exchange and death from Sloan's Reminiscences2.

Notes

1 Wilson, William P., Adjutant, Casualty list of the 27th N.C.S.T. at Sharpsburg, North Carolina Standard, 1862-10-15 [AotW citation 9833]

2 Sloan, John Alexander, Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N. C. Regiment, Washington DC: R. C. Polkinhorn, printer, 1883, pg. 47 [AotW citation 9866]

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