William David Cabaniss

In 1860 he was a 27 year old journeyman saddler living, and probably in business with, Aaron Harrison in Hillsboro, Union County, AR. He enlisted at Monroe, LA on 4 June 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company B, 4th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry and was with them to at least September 1861. He enlisted again, in Richmond, VA on 19 July 1862, and mustered as a Private in Company G, 13th Alabama Infantry.

He was with his company in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and was wounded by a gunshot to his left foot at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was in a Richmond, VA hospital by 8 October and then on wounded furlough; disabled by wounds, he never returned to his company.

He was detailed as a harness maker and ordered to report to Colonel Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, in January 1863. He was a guard at a Richmond hospital in March and then a saddler at the Selma, AL arsenal to at least August (and probably to October) 1863. He was in Richmond hospitals from October 1863 to 24 March 1864 when he was examined by a medical board, who noted he had "deformity of toe of left foot" and returned him to duty in the hospital. He was formally retired to the Invalid Corps on 25 August 1864 and was in a hospital in Meridian, MS in February 1865, the latest record in his military file.

By 1870 he was again a saddler with his own shop in Union Parish, LA (across the state line from Union County, AR). In 1880 he was making saddles in Rusk County, TX.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and the Archives,2 also as Willim D Cabness and Cabaness. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Rebecca Hasseltine Harden (1844-1918) in November 1869 and they had 4 children.

06/30/1833 in GA

05/07/1897; Titus County, TX; burial in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Argo, TX