William George Stigler

In 1860 he was a 17 year old living with his parents and siblings on their substantial farm in Holmes County, MS. He enlisted on 30 April 1861 at Durant, MS and mustered as a Private in Company I, 12th Mississippi Infantry on 9 May 1861 in Corinth, MS. He was appointed 3rd Sergeant by September 1862.

He was wounded in the hip in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was back with his Company by December 1862 and was reduced again to Private on 19 July 1863. He was captured at the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864 and a prisoner at Point Lookout, MD until sent to Aiken's Landing, VA for exchange on 17 March 1865. He signed a parole at Montgomery, AL on 10 May 1865.

By 1870 he was farming with his father in Sunflower County, MS. By 1900 he was farming his own place at Ruleville in Sunflower County.

His service from his Compiled Military Service Records,1 online from fold3. His wound at Sharpsburg on a casualty list in the New Orleans Times-Picayune of 29 October 1862, as W.G. Steigher. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860, 1870, and 1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Mandy (?; 1852-) about 1868 and they had 2 sons by 1870. He married again, Louisa Elmira Auter (1857-1932) in September 1875 and they had 3 more children by 1888.

02/16/1843 in MS

11/12/1917; in MS; burial in Lehrton Cemetery, Ruleville, MS