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Confederate (CSV)

Corporal

William H. Vaden

(c. 1838 - 1862)

Home State: North Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th North Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 23 year old tobacconist in Caswell County, he mustered as Private, Company A, 13th North Carolina Infantry on 29 April 1861 in Caswell County. He was promoted to Corporal on 26 April 1862.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded and captured in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was held at Fort McHenry, MD until about 18 October 1862, when he was sent to Aiken's Landing, VA for exchange. He was exchanged on 1 November, but died of wounds on 25 November 1862, place not given.

References & notes

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

Birth

c. 1838; Halifax County, NC

Death

11/25/1862

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 19176]

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