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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

William Callahan

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted at Sperryville, VA on 18 June 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company D, 49th Virginia Infantry. He transferred to Company K and was appointed 5th Sergeant, date(s) 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 received pay at Richmond, VA on 13 October and was formally exchanged on 10 November to return to duty.

He was paid again on 9 May 1863 with no later military record.

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.

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 34772]

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: #169 [AotW citation 34773]

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