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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William G. Kennon

(c. 1839 - 1864)

Home State: North Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th North Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Oldest of 10 children, in 1860 he was a 19 year old farmer living with his parents, 7 younger siblings, and 2 slaves on their farm near Yanceyville in Caswell County, NC. He enlisted at Camp Ruffin, VA on 18 July 1861 and he mustered as a Private in Company A of the 3rd North Carolina Infantry on 31 August. The regiment was re-designated the 13th North Carolina Infantry on 14 November 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He returned to duty about January 1863. He was mortally wounded on 29 May 1864, place not given, and died on 1 July. His father filed a claim for his final pay in January 1865.

References & notes

His service from Moore's Roster 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

Birth

c. 1839; Caswell County, NC

Death

07/01/1864

Notes

1 Moore, John Wheeler (compiler), and State of North Carolina, Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States, 4 volumes, Raleigh: Ashe & Gatling, State Printers and Publishers, 1882, Vol. 1, p. 474 [AotW citation 33131]

2 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 33132]

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