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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William Henry Bruner

(1822 - 1864)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 38 year old well digger at Cuthbert in Randolph County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company E, 13th Georgia Infantry on 8 July 1861 in Griffin, GA.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action at Boteler's Ford on the Potomac River near Shepherdstown, VA on 19 September 1862.

The rest of the War

From 15 December 1862 to 1 September 1863 he was detailed as assistant enrolling officer in Randolph County, GA. In January 1864 he was detailed to assist Major Richards, Quartermasters Department. There is no later record in his military file.

After the War

He died at home in 1864.

References & notes

His service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3; both also as Brunner. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

He married Nancy R Hyde (1826-1880) in Randolph County in September 1843 and they had 6 children by 1860.

Birth

1822; Baker County, GA

Death

1864; Randolph County, GA

Notes

1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 28408]

2 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 28409]

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