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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William B. Shanks

(c. 1843 - ?)

Home State: North Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 12th North Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

An 18 year old farmer in Granville County, he mustered as Private, Company D, 12th North Carolina Infantry on 30 April 1862 in Granville County.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He died of wounds, date and place not given.

References & notes

Service from the Roster 1 via the Historical Data Systems database.

Birth

c. 1843

Notes

1 Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth Tyree Jordan, Matthew M Brown, Michael W Coffey, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865 : A Roster, 20 Volumes +, Raleigh: North Carolina State Department of Archives and History, 1966- [AotW citation 19160]

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