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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William E. Mathews

(? - 1864)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as a Private in Company B (later renamed G), 5th Alabama Infantry on 1 August 1861 in Union Mills, VA.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was a prisoner at Fort Delaware until 2 October when he was sent to Aiken's Landing, VA for exchange. He was declared exchanged on 10 November 1862. He was mortally wounded by a gunshot to his back in May 1864 and died of wounds on 6 July 1864 at Richmond, VA.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3; thanks to Miles Krisman for the pointer to him. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Death

07/06/1864; Richmond, VA; burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA

Notes

1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 28053]

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