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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William W. Felts

(c. 1827 - ?)

Home State: Florida

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th Florida Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 35 year old wheelwright, he enlisted as a substitute for R.A. Shine at Camp Leon near Tallahassee, FL on 28 May 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company C, 5th Florida Infantry.

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 in a Richmond, VA hospital by 9 October, furloughed home on 28 October, and was formally exchanged on 10 November 1862. He never returned to his company and was discharged at Tallahassee for disability on 16 July 1863 (re-issued 15 October 1863).

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2

Birth

c. 1827; Wayne County, NC

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 34779]

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: #304 [AotW citation 34780]

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