William H. Burns

A 21 year old farmhand in Augusta County, he mustered as Sergeant, Company B, 25th Virginia Infantry in Staunton on 27 May 1861. He transferred to Company B, 52nd Virginia Infantry on 1 May 1862. He was promoted to First Sergeant on 15 July 1862.

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

He was appointed First Lieutenant on 2 October 1862, but was killed in action at the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864.

Service from Driver1 and the Historical Data Systems database. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

c. 1839; Augusta County, VA

05/06/1864; The Wilderness, VA; burial in Old Presbyterian Cemetery, Waynesboro, VA