William Dillon Lindsay

By 1850 he was a practicing physician and owner of 4 slaves in Davidson County, NC. In 1860 he was practicing in Lexington, NC, by then owner of 19 slaves. He enrolled on 10 April 1862 and mustered as Surgeon of the 48th North Carolina Infantry on 5 May.

He was with his regiment in Maryland and treated wounded soldiers on or near the battlefield at Sharpsburg on 17 and 18 September 1862.

He tendered his resignation on 12 November 1862, but was ordered to appear before a Medical Board for (professional?) examination in April 1863. He declined to appear and his resignation was accepted on 20 April.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. An example of his work at Sharpsburg is the case of Sgt. H.L. Burk of Company K. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1850-1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Elizabeth Allen Holt (1823-848) in October 1846 and they had a son Allen in January 1848; she died two weeks later and the child died at 7 months. He married again, Elizabeth Gray (1823-1886) in June 1854 and they had 5 children.

06/05/1820; Anson County, NC

01/02/1870; Davidson County, NC; burial in Lexington City Cemetery, Lexington, NC