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W.J. Haynie
(1842 - 1914)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 16th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was an 18 year old farmer living with his parents and 7 siblings on the family farm in Jackson County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company G, 16th Georgia Infantry on 20 July 1861.
On the Campaign
He was captured on 12 September 1862 at Frederick City, MD.
The rest of the War
He was paroled at Fort Delaware on 30 September 1862 and sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange on 2 October. He was in Winder Hospital #5 in Richmond, VA on 9 October and furloughed for 30 days on 17 October. His leave was extended and he returned to duty in January 1863. He was transferred to Company E, 3d Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters on 8 June 1863 and appointed 3rd Sergeant in August. He was wounded and permanently disabled at Knoxville, TN on 17 November 1863 and the Company Roll for August 1864 shows him "on expired furlough. Paroled prisoner not exchanged."
After the War
By 1900 he was a farmer in Jackson County, GA.
References & notes
His service basics from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860 & 1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave. His picture from a photograph of unknown provenance hosted by Georgia Confederate Images on Facebook.
He married Frances E. Finch (1837-1905) in June 1864 and they had 3 sons.
Birth
01/05/1842; Jackson County, GA
Death
12/24/1914; burial in Ross-Haynie-Finch Family Cemetery, Winder, GA
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 12235]
2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 31306]