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Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 6th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted in Company G, 6th Alabama Infantry on 2 June 1861 at Corinth, MS.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
He was absent, sick through actions at Martinsburg, Gettysburg, and Front Royal in 1863. He was present for duty at Warrenton Spring, VA on 12 October 1863 and for the remainder of the war. He was appointed Sergeant on 1 April 1864. He surrendered with his Company at Appomattox Courthouse, VA on 9 April 1865.
References & notes
Basic information from State of Alabama1, which also has him as W.M. Herrman, and Herman. Details from roster data as compiled by James D. Allen on his Regimental site.
1 State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx>, Source page: various [AotW citation 15803]