William Henry Dromgoole

In 1860 he was a 28 year old farmer in Copiah County, MS. He enlisted in Port Gibson, MS on 27 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company H (soon after, K), 12th Mississippi Infantry.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 18 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was formally exchanged on 10 November 1862.

He was ill in Richmond, VA in January and February 1863, slightly wounded at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May, and back in a Richmond hospital from June into August 1863 with a mild case of smallpox. He was afterward with his company to their surrender and parole at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was a farmer near Linden in Copiah County, MS, and he'd retired there by 1900.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Louisa Blue (1835-1905) in February 1855 and they had as many as 12 children.

12/13/1831; Copiah County, MS

02/09/1910; Copiah County, MS; burial in Drumgoole Cemetery, Allen, MS