William W. Jones (1)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchWilliam W. Jones was a Captain in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company A.
Antebellum
- Enlisted from Fox Lake, Dodge County, Wisconsin
War Career
- April 19, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company A
- ? - Sergeant
- April 27, 1861 - Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
- June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
- August 30, 1862 - Promoted to 1st Lieutenant
- July 1, 1863 - Promoted to Captain
- September 17, 1862 - Wounded in action at the
Battle of Antietam, Maryland
- right arm amputated - ? - Appointed Captain in the V.R.C.
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). (Page 347)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Soldiers from Dodge County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Fox Lake, Dodge County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Wisconsin Mustered In
- Wisconsin Non-Commissioned Officers
- Wisconsin Officers
- Union Officers on 1862.08.30 (2nd Lieutenant)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1862.08.30 (2nd Lieutenant)
- Wisconsin Wounded
- V.R.C.
- Source: RWV (1) 0347