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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William Riley Sauls

(c. 1846 - 1863)

Home State: North Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 27th North Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A farmer's son, about age 15, he enlisted in Wayne County, NC on 10 June 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company K of the 27th North Carolina Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD, sick, by 12 September 1862, left behind, and captured there.

The rest of the War

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 19 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was formally exchanged to return to duty on 10 November 1862 but was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2 in Richmond,, VA on 20 November, transferred to Huguenot Springs, VA on 30 November, and furloughed home.

He was killed in action at Bristoe Station, VA on 14 October 1863. His father Kirby filed a claim for his final pay in April 1864.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Military Service Records,1 via fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1850.

Birth

c. 1846; Wayne County, NC

Death

10/14/1863; Bristoe Station, VA

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 34372]

2 National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Confederates In Frederick List , Published 2026, first accessed 28 March 2026, <https://www.civilwarmed.org/explore/primary-sources/databases/confederates-in-frederick-list/>, Source page: #256 [AotW citation 34373]

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