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Submitted: 6/15/22 • Approved: 6/29/22 • Last Updated: 7/2/22 • R1436581-G0-S3
William Perry
Confederate States Army
PRIVATE Company C 16th Arkansas Infantry
Civil War Confederate
1842 - Unknown
Company C, 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Pvt/Pvt. Enlisted 7 Oct 1861 at Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas. Mustered into service 29 Oct 1861 at Fayetteville. Age at enlistment: 20. Promoted to 1st Corporal 21 Dec 1861. Reduced to ranks Jun 1862. Detailed to slaughter pen at Port Hudson 18 May 1863. Captured at Port Hudson, Louisiana 9 Jul 1863. Paroled from Port Hudson 12 Jul 1863.
U. S. Company I, 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Union) Pvt/Pvt. Enlisted 15 Jan 1864 at Clarksville. Deserted 6 May 1864 at Little Rock. Rejoined from desertion 7 Jun 1865 at Clarksville. Mustered out of service 8 Aug 1865 at Clarksville. Born in Perry Co., Tennessee. Age listed as 18 on 1860 Johnson Co., Arkansas Census. Brother of Jasper N., Malford, and Robert T. Ward.
Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth
Contributed on 6/15/22 by Billsully060
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