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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William A. Parker

(c. 1845 - 1862)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 30th Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

From Stafford County, only 16 years old, he enlisted as a Private in Company I, 30th Virginia Infantry on 22 July 1861 in Fredericksburg, VA.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

His mother Mary Ann, by way of Captain F.T Forbes, as her attorney, filed for his final pay of $57.48 in April 1864.

More on the Web

Basic information from the Virginia Military Dead.1 His service from Robert K. Krick's 30th Virginia Infantry (roster, 1983), which also has him in Company I, 47th Virginia Infantry, similar dates, and his from his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3.

Birth

c. 1845; Stafford County, VA

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1   Library of Virginia, Virginia Military Dead Database, Published 2002, first accessed 30 November 2012, <http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/vmd/>, Source page: /vmd_Search.asp  [AotW citation 18869]