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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William A. Bailey

(c. 1839 - ?)

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 3rd South Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as a Private in Company E, Third South Carolina Infantry at Vienna, VA on 29 July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was reported missing on 16 September 1862 but had been captured having been "left in charge of wounded on Maryland Heights, Md" and may have been wounded himself.

The rest of the War

He was listed among wounded Confederates paroled at Sandy Hook, MD on 22 September 1862. The Company muster roll for August 1863, the last one in his file, still has him as "missing since Sept 16, 1862."

References & notes

Service information from Salley,1 as William R. Bailey, and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3.

Birth

c. 1839

Notes

1 Salley, Alexander S., Jr., compiler, South Carolina Troops in Confederate Service, 3 vols., Columbia: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1913-1930, Vol. 2, pp. 380 - 434 [AotW citation 12957]

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 27777]

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