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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William B. High

(1835 - 1894)

Home State: Louisiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 9th Louisiana Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was a 25 year old farmer living in Collinsburg when he enlisted in Company D, 9th Louisiana Infantry on March 5, 1862 in Bellevue, LA.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was absent on furlough from wounds to August 1863, but listed as a deserter to Louisiana afterward. He was paroled at Shreveport, LA on June 19, 1865.

References & notes

Basic information from Booth1. Life dates from his gravesite on Findagrave.

Birth

06/10/1835 in AK

Death

03/07/1894; burial in Cottage Grove Cemetery, Benton, LA

Notes

1 Booth, Andrew B., Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 3 Volumes, New Orleans: State of Louisiana, 1920, Vol. 3, Book 1, pg. 302-303 [AotW citation 13993]

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