William Henson

In 1860 he was an 25 year old farmer living with his parents and 2 siblings on their farm near Forks of Pigeon in Haywood County, NC. He enlisted in Haywood County on 29 June 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company F of the 25th North Carolina Infantry on 20 July.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD, sick, by 12 September 1862, 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, and was admitted a hospital in Richmond, VA on 25 November, but was back with his company in January 1863.

He was wounded by a gunshot to his right thigh in May 1864, place not given, and was furloughed from Chiborazo Hospital #3 in Richmond, VA for 60 days on 26 May. He was again wounded, by a gunshot to his left shoulder in March 1865 near Petersburg, VA, and was admitted to the Fairgrounds Hospital there on 25 March. He was transferred out on 9 April, place not given, with no later military record.

By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was a farmer on his own place at (Forks of) Pigeon, NC near several other Henson families.

His service from his Compiled Military Service Records,1 via fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from the US Census of 1860-1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Sarah Marilda "Sallie" Presley (1848-) in May 1871.

12/10/1833; Haywood County, NC

04/30/1895; Canton, NC; burial in Longs Community Cemetery, Canton, NC