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(c. 1842 - 1862)
Home State: Maine
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 7th Maine Infantry
Before Antietam
He was an 18 year old boatman from Windham when he enlisted on 21 May 1861, and he mustered as Private, Company G, 7th Maine Infantry on 21 August 1861.
On the Campaign
He was initially reported missing in action on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was still missing in August 1864 with no later record; presumed killed at Antietam.
References & notes
His service from the State of Maine,1 as William P. Knights, and the Card File, also as William P. W. Knight. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.
Birth
c. 1842; Windham, ME
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
1 State of Maine, Adjutant General's Office, and John L. Hodsdon, AG, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the Year ending December 31, 1862, Augusta: Stevens and Sayward, Printers to the State, 1863 [AotW citation 26810]
2 State of Maine, Maine State Archives, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Card Index, 1861-1865, Augusta (ME): Department of the Secretary of State, c. 2000 [AotW citation 29306]