William A. Batchelor

A merchant and railroad agent's son, in 1860 he was an 19 year old artist living with his parents, 7 siblings, and 18 (?) year old "mulatto" cook Sarah Ruff and 4 of her family at Belair near Augusta in Richmond County, GA. He enlisted in the Richmond Factory section of Augusta on 4 March 1862 and mustered as First Sergeant of Company I, 48th Georgia Infantry. He was wounded at Malvern Hill, VA on 1 July and elected First Lieutenant on 6 August.

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

He was wounded again, slightly, at Chancellorsville, VA in May 1863, by a gunshot to his right hand at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863, elected Captain on 6 February 1864, and wounded for the fifth time, by a gunshot to his left foot near Petersburg, VA on 21 August. He was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

In 1870 he was a saloon keeper in Augusta, GA but by 1880 and to at least 1900 he was a retail grocer in Belair, GA.

His service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. He is 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 1850-1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

02/28/1842; Putnam County, GA

10/28/1906; Belair, GA; burial in Batchelor Family Cemetery, Belair, GA