William Dunaway

In 1860 he was a married 26 (31?) year old farmer with a modest place at Wesobulga in Randolph County, AL. He enlisted in Montgomery, AL on 19 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company D, 13th Alabama Infantry.

He was absent, sick at the start of the Campaign, and not with his company at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September, but was back with them in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was listed as absent without leave from May to at least November 1863. He was captured in the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864 and was a prisoner at Point Lookout, MD by 17 May. He was transferred to the prison at Elmira, NY on 27 July and on to Point Lookout, MD for exchange on 14 October. He was exchanged on 29 October 1864 with no later military record.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and the Archives,2 as William Dunnaway, age 26 at enlistment. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

He married Elizabeth Ingram (1835-1913) and they had 3 children between 1854 and 1860.

c. 1833 in NC

1865; Savannah, GA