William Powell

He was living in Louisiana by 1859 and was a 28 year old clerk in New Orleans when he enlisted there on 16 May 1861 and mustered at Camp Moore near Tangipahoa, LA on 7 June as a Private in Company H, 7th Louisiana Infantry. He was slightly wounded in action at Port Republic, VA in June 1862.

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

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to about 18 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 hospital in Richmond, VA on 10 October, sent to the parole camp on 17 October, but was back in a hospital on 28 October. He was formally exchanged on 10 November and returned to duty from the hospital on 2 December 1862.

He was slightly wounded again, in the ankle in action at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863, and was captured on 4 July on South Mountain, MD on the retreat. He was briefly back in a US hospital in Frederick, MD, sent to Fort McHenry in Baltimore on the 7th, then on to Fort Delaware on 9 July 1863. He took an oath of allegiance to the United States there and was released on 3 May 1865.

He lived in New Orleans to about 1900, then moved to Baton Rouge, LA and was a watchman at the State House and grounds there.

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, the US Census of 1900, and his pension application of 1908. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Irish-born Kate Lafitte (1845-) in 1873, no children.

1833; Saunders Grove, County Wicklow, IRELAND

11/15/1909; Baton Rouge, LA; burial in Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, LA