William L. Parsons
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Jump to navigationJump to searchWilliam L. Parsons was a Lieutenant Colonel in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry.
Antebellum
- Enlisted from Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin
War Career
- April 23, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company F
- April 24, 1861 - Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
- June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
- August 8, 1861 - Promoted to 1st Lieutenant
- September 25, 1861 - Promoted to Captain
- September 14, 1862 - Wounded in action at the
Battle of South Mountain, Maryland
- July 1, 1863 - Wounded in action at the
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- August 13, 1863 - Promoted to Major
- May 4, 1864 - Wounded twice and missing in action at the
Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
- May 25, 1864 - Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
- December 19, 1864 - Mustered Out
Postwar Career
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Family
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Notes
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 345, 362)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Soldiers from Racine County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Wisconsin Mustered In
- Wisconsin Officers
- Union Officers on 1861.04.24 (2nd Lieutenant)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1861.04.24 (2nd Lieutenant)
- Union Officers on 1861.08.08 (1st Lieutenant)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1861.08.08 (1st Lieutenant)
- Union Officers on 1861.09.25 (Captain)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1861.09.25 (Captain)
- Union Officers on 1863.08.13 (Major)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1863.08.13 (Major)
- Union Officers on 1864.05.25 (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1864.05.25 (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Wisconsin Wounded
- Union Wounded on 1862.09.14 (South Mountain, VA)
- Wisconsin Wounded on 1862.09.14 (South Mountain, VA)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded on 1862.09.14 (South Mountain, VA)
- Union Wounded on 1864.05.05 (Wilderness, VA)
- Wisconsin Wounded on 1864.05.05 (Wilderness, VA)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded on 1864.05.05 (Wilderness, VA)
- Wisconsin Missing
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Missing on 1864.05.05 (Wilderness, VA)
- Union Missing on 1864.05.05 (Wilderness, VA)
- Wisconsin Missing on 1864.05.05 (Wilderness, VA)
- Wisconsin Mustered Out
- Union Mustered Out on 1864.04.23
- Wisconsin Mustered Out on 1864.04.23
- Source: RWV (1) 0345
- Source: RWV (1) 0362