William A. Nelson
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Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company I on April 22, 1861
- Corporal
- Wounded at the Battle of South Mountain
- Died on October 16, 1862 of wounds received at South Mountain
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 9)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 372)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Non-Commissioned Officers
- Soldiers from an Unknown County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Howard, Wisconsin
- Source: WLCW 0009
- Source: RWV (1) 0372
- Wisconsin Wounded
- Wisconsin Wounded at South Mountain
- Wisconsin Killed
- Wisconsin Killed at South Mountain
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Killed at South Mountain