William W. Meador

In 1860 he was a 20 year old laborer living with his father Wilson, 3 younger siblings, and 7 slaves on their farm in Rockingham County, NC. He enlisted in Wentworth, NC on 13 May 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company I of the 3rd North Carolina Infantry on 18 May in Garysburg, NC. The regiment was re-designated the 13th North Carolina Infantry on 14 November 1861. He was wounded at Gaines' Mills, VA on 27 June 1862 and returned to duty about 1 September.

He was captured at Fox's Gap on South Mountain, MD on 14 September 1862.

He was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was formally exchanged on 10 November and returned to his company in about January 1863. He was captured at Petersburg, VA on 2 April 1865 and was a prisoner on Hart's Island, NY until 18 June, when he took an oath of allegiance to the United States and was released.

In 1880 he was a farmer at New Concord in Calloway County, KY and by 1900 he was in Wise County, TX. By 1920 he had retired and lived in Wentworth, NC.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, indexed as William W. Meadow. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860, 1880, 1900, & 1920. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Mary Elizabeth Walton (1842-1910) in 1871 and they had 3 children.

09/28/1839; Rockingham County, NC

01/03/1928; Rockingham County, NC; burial in Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Eden, NC