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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William H. Ball

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 3rd South Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Enlisted in Company G, Third Infantry from the Laurens District on 14 April 1861 and mustered into Confederate service on 6 June 1861 at Columbia, SC.

On the Campaign

He was captured in action on 13 September 1862. He was left on Maryland Heights, MD, near Harpers Ferry to care for the wounded.

References & notes

Basic information from Salley, Jr.1,2.

Notes

1   Salley, Alexander S., Jr., editor, Tentative Roster of the Third Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate States Provisional Army, Columbia: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1908, pp. 70 - 91  [AotW citation 12857]

2   Salley, Alexander S., Jr., compiler, South Carolina Troops in Confederate Service, 3 vols., Columbia: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1913-1930, Vol. 2, pg. 472  [AotW citation 12874]