William Moore Craig

He was an unmarried 29 year old student from Marion, AL when he enlisted as Private on 29 May 1861 in Company G, 4th Alabama Infantry at Harpers Ferry, VA. He was present at most engagements of 1862 from Eltham's Landing to Second Manassas, VA.

Present in action at Boonsboro and Sharpsburg.

He was appointed First Sergeant in 1862, date not given. In action with his Company from Gettysburg, PA, in July 1863 at least to the siege of Petersburg in late 1864, having been wounded in action in the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864. He was surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, VA on 9 April 1865.

In the 1880 and 1890 Census he was living in Cunningham, AL.

Basic information from State of Alabama1. Details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

10/04/1831; Dallas County, AL

04/10/1908; Perry County, AL; burial in Marion Cemetery, Marion, AL