William Henry Hirth
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Jump to navigationJump to searchWilliam Henry Hirth[1] was a private in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company E.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on April 21, 1861 in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company E
- Wounded at the Battle of Antietam - shot in eye
- Taken prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Died in prison on December 7, 1863 in Richmond, Virginia
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
- ↑ WLCW 0011 spells his name "Henry Hirth". For now it has been left this way.
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 11)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 360)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Soldiers from an Unknown County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from an Unknown City, Wisconsin
- Source: WLCW 0011
- Source: RWV (1) 0360
- Wisconsin Wounded
- Wisconsin Wounded at Antietam
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at Antietam
- Wisconsin Prisoners
- Wisconsin Prisoners at Gettysburg
- Wisconsin Killed