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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William H. Sauls

(1844 - 1908)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

Age 17, he enlisted as Private, Company M, Phillips' Legion Infantry Battalion, on 28 April 1862.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in the arm and captured in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain, MD on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

His arm was amputated and he was exchanged on 17 October 1862. He was home, disabled for the rest of the war.

References & notes

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

He married Nancy Clary Steel (1838-1917) in 1873 and they had at least 2 children.

Brother of James H. Sauls, Co. L, who lost a leg at Sharpsburg.

Birth

08/23/1844; Cobb County, GA

Death

06/17/1908; burial in Holly Springs Memorial Cemetery, Marietta, 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 22011]

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