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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Russell W. Williams

(1840 - ?)

Home State: Arkansas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 3rd Arkansas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Company F, 3rd Arkansas Infantry at Rockport, Arkansas on June 20, 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.

The rest of the War

He was furloughed to recover from wounds, but declared absent without leave and dropped from the rolls for desertion on August 31, 1864.

References & notes

Basic information from Howerton1. He was in listed in Hot Spring County in the 1860 US Census; occupation farmer. He married Nancy Jane Burt in Hot Spring County, Arkansas on February 28, 1867. Brother of Private William D. Williams, also of Company F.

Birth

11/06/1840 in GA

Death

04/07/1884; burial in Ouachita Cemetery, Donaldson, AR

Notes

1 Howerton, Bryan R., Roster of the Third Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA, Published 1998, <http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/3rd-his.html>, Source page: /civilwar/3rdcof.html [AotW citation 13854]

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