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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William Downs McKnight

(1844 - 1862)

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Company D, 3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion on 12 January 1862 at Adams Run, SC at age 17.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Fox's Gap on 14 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Davis1.

Birth

07/01/1844; Laurens County, SC

Death

09/14/1862; Fox's Gap, MD

Notes

1 Davis, Sam B., A History of the 3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Battalion (James Battalion): 1861-1865 , Wilmington (NC): Broadfoot Publishing Company, 2009, pp. 68-71, Roster [AotW citation 16011]

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