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Confederate (CSV)

Corporal

William S. Lewis

(c. 1831 - 1862)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 48th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A married 31 year old farmer at Big Spring, he enlisted as Corporal, Company D, 48th Alabama Infantry on 7 April 1862 in Warrington.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He died of wounds on 27 September 1862, probably at a field hospital near the battlefield.

References & notes

His service from the State of Alabama.1 Personal details from family genealogists. His memorial is on Findagrave.

He married Hannah Amanda Martin (later Garrett, 1837-1875) in July 1857 and they had 2 daughters.

Birth

c. 1831; Madison County, AL

Death

09/27/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx>, Source page: /civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=119096 [AotW citation 25794]

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