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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William A. Estes

(c. 1839 - 1862)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 21 year old living with his parents, 2 younger siblings, and 1 slave on their farm at Prairie Bluff in Wilcox County, AL. He gave his occupation as student when he enlisted at Bridgeport, AL on 6 July 1861 and he mustered as a Private in Company A of the 13th Alabama Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was with his company at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and the Archives,2 as William A. Estis. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

Birth

c. 1839 in GA

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 32487]

2 State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx> [AotW citation 32488]

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