William M. Knight

In 1860 he was a 27 year old farmer near Grove Hill in Clarke County, AL. He enlisted as a Private in Company A (later renamed I), 5th Alabama Infantry on 6 May 1861 at Grove Hill.

He was wounded in action near Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

He was admitted to a Richmond, VA hospital on 30 September and returned to duty on 5 December 1862. He was wounded again, on 5 May 1864 in the Wilderness, VA and captured there. He was sent to Point Lookout, MD on 18 May and transferred to Elmira, NY on 17 August 1864. He died there of chronic diarrhea on 16 October (or November) 1864 and was buried in the prison cemetery there.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3; thanks to Miles Krisman for the pointer to him. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Mary Ann E. Lee (1837-) in October 1857 and they had 2 children.

c. 1833

10/16/1864; Elmira, NY; burial in Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, NY