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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William R. Breece

(c. 1839 - 1862)

Home State: North Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 3rd North Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

From Onslow County, he enlisted there on 13 May 1861 as Private, Company E, 3rd North Carolina Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from Moore,1 as William R. Breese, and the Roster.2 Personal details from family genealogists.

Birth

c. 1839; Onslow County, NC

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Moore, John Wheeler (compiler), and State of North Carolina, Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States, 4 volumes, Raleigh: Ashe & Gatling, State Printers and Publishers, 1882, Vol. 1, pp. 95 - 98 [AotW citation 6064]

2 Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth Tyree Jordan, Matthew M Brown, Michael W Coffey, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865 : A Roster, 20 Volumes +, Raleigh: North Carolina State Department of Archives and History, 1966- [AotW citation 25882]

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