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Confederate (CSV)

Lieutenant

William Henry Harrison Hobart

(1836 - 1862)

Home State: Louisiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd Louisiana Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Company B, 2nd Louisiana Infantry on May 9, 1861 in New Orleans. He was appointed First Lieutenant on 1 July 1862.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

His leg was amputated and he died while a prisoner on 19 October 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Booth1, who has him as Harrison Hobart. Details from family genealogists. He may have died in a hospital in Baltimore, MD.

Birth

05/1836

Death

10/19/1862

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. 320  [AotW citation 13998]