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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William H. Penry

(c. 1836 - 1863)

Home State: North Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th North Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 25 year old farmer, he enlisted at Mocksville, NC on 26 April 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company F of the 3rd North Carolina Infantry on 15 May. The regiment was re-designated the 13th North Carolina Infantry on 14 November 1861.

On the Campaign

He was left behind, ill, and captured in Frederick, MD on 12 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was treated at US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, sent to Fort Delaware on 19 September, then transferred to Aikens' Landing, VA on 2 October for exchange. He was formally exchanged on 10 November, and returned to duty. He was killed at Gettysburg, PA on 1 July 1863.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3.

Birth

c. 1836

Death

07/01/1863; Gettysburg, PA

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 33255]

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