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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

William J. Dix

(? - 1866)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 4th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

From Troup County, he enlisted as 2nd Sergeant of Company B, 4th Georgia Infantry on 26 April 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

After the War

He died at home in 1866, said to have been due to his Sharpsburg wound.

References & notes

Service information from Thomas1 and Henderson.2

Death

1866; LaGrange, GA

Notes

1   Thomas, Henry Walter, History of the Doles-Cook Brigade, Atlanta: Franklin Printing & Publishing Co., 1903, pp. 98 - 123  [AotW citation 2603]

2   Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964  [AotW citation 25802]