Charles W. Windon

He mustered as Private, Company K, 52nd Virginia Infantry on 9 April 1862 at Shenandoah Mountain, VA.

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

He returned to his unit in December 1863. He deserted to the enemy at Clarksburg, WV on 8 April 1865 and took the oath of allegiance there.

He was a tenant on the Reynold's family farm (Reynoldsville, WV) for 52 years - the rest of his life - and had 9 children there with his wife Sarah Kathern Anderson (1833-1913).

Service from Driver1 and the Historical Data Systems database. His gravesite is on Findagrave, source of further details, from his obituary in the Clarksburg (WV) Telegram of 17 December 1919.

07/26/1838; Bath County, VA

12/16/1919; Reynoldsville, WV; burial in Reynolds Cemetery, Reynoldsville, WV