William D. Hancock
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Jump to navigationJump to searchWilliam D. Hancock was a private in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company K.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on June 25, 1861 in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company K
- Veteran
- Wounded in action at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Taken prisoner in action at the Battle of Petersburg
- Killed on November 27, 1864[1] in Salisbury, North Carolina by a Rebel Guard
Post-War Career
Family
Notes
- ↑ WLCW 0025 lists this date as November 16, 1864. For now it has been left this way.
Sources
- Dawes, Rufus R. Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers. Marietta, OH: E.R. Alderman & Sons, 1890. Print. (Page 31)
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 25)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 534)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Soldiers from an Unknown County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Clifton, Wisconsin
- Source: RWV (1) 0534
- Source: WLCW 0025
- Wisconsin Wounded
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Wounded
- Wisconsin Wounded at Gettysburg
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at Gettysburg
- Wisconsin Prisoners
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Prisoners
- Wisconsin Prisoners at Petersburg
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Prisoners at Petersburg
- Wisconsin Prisoners at Salisbury Prison
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Prisoners at Salisbury Prison
- Wisconsin Killed
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Killed
