William Anderson Glasscock

Probably known by Anderson, in 1860 he was a 37 year old farmer at Fayetteville in Talladega County, AL. He enlisted in Columbiana in Shelby County on 29 March 1862, and he mustered as a Private in Company D, 44th Alabama Infantry.

He was severely wounded by a gunshot in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was admitted the 3rd Alabama Hospital in Richmond, VA on 28 September and furloughed home for 60 days on 6 October. He was back with his company by February 1863 and served with them to at least December 1864.

In 1870 he was a farmer in Baker County, AL and by 1880 was farming in Chilton County.

His service from the State of Alabama1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. He's also on a Sharpsburg casualty list in the Richmond (VA) Enquirer of 17 October 1862. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1860-1880, and his widows Confederate pension applications of 1898/99 & 1916. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Margaret Lavinia Blankenship (1827-c. 1880) in November 1847 and they had 9 children. He married again, Martha Ann Porter (1842-1925), in August 1881.

His brother Samuel Perry Glasscock (b. 1828) was also in Company D of the 44th; he was on sick furlough in September 1862 and not at Sharpsburg. He was mortally wounded in the Wilderness, VA in May 1864.

02/04/1823; Bibb County, AL

09/28/1889; Chilton County, AL; burial in Glasscock Cemetery, Chilton County, AL