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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William Bannister

(1826 - 1900)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

About 36 years old, he enlisted as Private, Company M, Phillips' Legion Infantry Battalion on 28 April 1862.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in the left arm in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

His arm was amputated, leaving him disabled for the rest of the war.

References & notes

His service from Graham.1 Uncle of William M. Bannister, also in Company M, killed at Fox's Gap.

Birth

1826; Pendleton District, SC

Death

06/19/1900; burial in Sandy Plains Cemetery, Cobb County, 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: /InfCoM.html [AotW citation 21997]

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