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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William Henry Harrison Branch

(1840 - 1891)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

Age 21, he enlisted as Private, Company A, Phillips' Legion Infantry Battalion on 26 June 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

His arm was amputated and he was discharged on 15 October 1862. He was appointed Drillmaster as 2nd Lieutenant on 15 April 1863 and resigned that commission on 31 August 1864.

References & notes

His service from Graham.1 Details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

06/16/1840 in GA

Death

01/11/1891; Greensboro, GA; burial in Greensboro City Cemetery, Greensboro, GA

Notes

1 Graham, Kurt D., Phillips Georgia Legion - Infantry Battalion, first accessed 20 September 2012, <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html>, Source page: /InfCoA.html [AotW citation 21847]

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