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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William T. Dunaway

(c. 1830 - 1862)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 40th Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 33 year old ice dealer in Richmond, VA. He enlisted in March 1862 at Fredericksburg, VA and mustered as a Private in Company A, 40th Virginia Infantry. He transferred to Company K, date not found.

On the Campaign

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, 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 admitted to a Richmond, VA hospital on 20 October and formally exchanged on 10 November, but died on 15 November 1862.

His widow Mary filed a claim in Richmond for his final pay of $96.50 in June 1863; it was probably paid in August 1864.

References & notes

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.

Birth

c. 1830 in VA

Death

11/15/1862; Richmond, 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 34648]

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: #154 [AotW citation 34649]

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