William Thomas Booth

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William Thomas Booth was a Sergeant Major in the 7th Wisconsin Infantry.

Antebellum

  • Lived in Hartford, Connecticut
  • Enlisted August 5, 1848 at age 14 as a recruit in the general services at New York, New York
  • Assigned to company of "Music Boys" stationed at Principal Depot, Fort Columbus, New York
  • Discharged October 9, 1848 by Civil Authority for being too young
  • Moved to Potosi, Grant County, Wisconsin
  • Worked as fisherman with his brothers before war
  • Married Louisa Daniels on April 20, 1861
  • Age 27 at the time of enlistment
  • Enlisted from Potosi, Grant County, Wisconsin

War Career

Postwar Career

Family

Notes

  1. External source says January 3, 1863 and cites 1879 Pension application as well

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