William Henry Reese

In 1860 he was a 28 year old farm worker at Warrenton in Warren County, GA. He enlisted there on 15 May 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company B, 48th Georgia Infantry.

He was "severely" wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was furloughed home in November and returned to his company by March 1863. He was wounded again - his "arm shot off" - at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863 and his arm was amputated. He was captured at Cashtown, PA on 5 July and treated at a hospital in Chester, PA. He was sent to City Point, VA for exchange on 17 September 1863, was home on furlough by January 1864, and was retired from active service on 25 October (or 7 November) 1864.

By 1870 he was a railroad bridge watchman at Milledgeville in Baldwin County, GA.

His service from Henderson,1 who says his amputation occurred after Sharpsburg, 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 and the US Census of 1860 & 1870.

He married Sarah Shields (1826-) in November 1852 and they had a son John. He married again, Eugenia Josephine Hackney (1841-1921) in May 1858 and they had 7 more children.

c. 1832; Milledgeville, GA

11/1879; Milledgeville, GA