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William H Patterson


Biography
Born 9/1840
Birth Location Wise Co., VA
Died 09/18/1920
Death Location Tazewell Co., VA
Father James Patterson
Mother Celia Fraley
Married 08/15/1866
Spouse Jane Hale
Military Units
48th Infantry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
48th Infantry
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Disability Pension
Pension
Widow's Pension
Census Information:

1850: 379, Age 7
1860: 1305, Age 17
1870: Castlewood 72, Age 26
1880: Not found
1900: Tazewell Co., Maiden Spring, 194, Age 57
1910: Tazewell Co., 97, Age 69, Veteran: Yes
1920: Not found
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Blog Post: Alexander M. Lee Tries to Get a Substitute

Filed pension: 1884, 1900 (Tazewell County)
Widow filed pension: 1921 (Tazewell County)

Notes: Tried to substitute for A. M. Lee. Chancery case 1889-52. Enlisted, deserted, hid out for 2 years, returned to service, wounded.

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
Private, Company K, 48th Virginia Infantry

Appears on a roll of
Prisoners of War
at Point Lookout, Md.

Date of arrival: Belle Plain Va May 17, 1864
Where captured: Wilderness Va
When captured: May 5, 1864
Remarks: Transferred to Elmira N. Y. July 25th 1864

Card 2

Appears on a
Roll of Prisoners of War
at Elmira, N. Y., desires to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States.

Roll dated Headquarters Prison Camp, Elmira, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1864.

Joined station: July 28
Where captured: Wilderness
When captured: May 5, 1864
Remarks: Was conscripted Feb. 1864 Lived in Russell Co. West Va. Avoided the Conscript Office about two years by keeping hid in the Mountains near his home. Desires to go to Columbus, Ohio, near where he has an uncle residing.

Card 3

Name appears as Signature to an
Oath of Allegiance
to the United States, subscribed and sworn to at Elmira, N. Y., May 21, 1865.

Place of residence: Abingdon, Va
Complexion: fair; hair: light
Eyes: blue; height: 5 ft. 9 3/4 in.

Remark: Released under orders of May 8, 1865, from the Office of the Com'y Gen'l of Prisoners, Washington, D. C.

Card 4

Appears on a roll of
Prisoners of War
received at Elmira, N. Y., July 28, 1864, from Point Lookout, Md.

Where captured: Wilderness
When captured: May 5, 1864
Remarks, charges, etc.: Released May 21, 1865

Card 5

Appears on a Register of
C. S. A. General Hospital,
Charlottesville, Virginia.

Complaint: Scabies
Admitted: May 13, 1862
Returned to duty: June 7, 1862

Card 6

Appears on a Register of
C. S. A. General Hospital,
Charlottesville, Virginia.

Complaint: Vuln Sclo of Knee
Admitted: Aug. 11, 1862

Sent to General Hospital: Sept. 1, 1862

Remarks: at Lynchburg


Card 7

Appears on a
Receipt Roll
for clothing,
for 1 Qr, 1864.

Signature: by mark


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