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Confederate (CSV)

Corporal

William Dixon

(? - 1862)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

From Virginia Beach, he mustered as Corporal in Company B, 6th Virginia Infantry on 1 August 1861 in Princess Anne County. He reenlisted on 15 February 1862.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Basic information from the Virginia Military Dead.1 Service and other details from Michael A. Cavanaugh's 6th Virginia Infantry (1988) via the Historical Data Systems database.

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 18968]

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