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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

William C. Burdine

(1838 - 1864)

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Hampton (SC) Legion

Before Sharpsburg

From Anderson County, he enrolled and mustered as Corporal, Company D, Hampton Legion Infantry, and was appointed Sergeant, dates not given.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was discharged at Bacon Race, Prince William County, VA, date not given. He was commissioned Junior 2nd Lieutenant, Company C, 16th South Carolina Infantry but was killed in action at Franklin, TN on 30 November 1864.

References & notes

His service from the Rolls 1 and the Card Index.2 Details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

04/12/1838; Pickens County, SC

Death

11/30/1864; Franklin, TN; burial in McGavock Confederate Cemetery, Franklin, TN

Notes

1 Thomas, John P., and and previous SC Historians of the Confederate Records, Confederate Rolls of South Carolina, Columbia: Historian of Confederate Records, 1898, Roll of Company D, Hampton Legion, South Carolina Vols. [AotW citation 24110]

2 Military Order of the Stars and Bars, Confederate Officers Card Index, Springfield, TN: MOS&B, 2014 [AotW citation 24111]

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