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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William E. McKinney

(c. 1842 - 1862)

Home State: North Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 21st North Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Age 19, from Surry County, he mustered as Private, Company I, 21st North Carolina Infantry on 5 June 1861 in Surry 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 on 22 October 1862 in Sharpsburg.

References & notes

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

Birth

c. 1842; Surry County, NC

Death

10/22/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

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 19276]