5th Sgt. William S. Godbold
33rd. Mississippi Infantry
William S. Godbold was born in 1836 in Franklin County, Mississippi to James Godbold and Elizabeth Kendall Wright.
He enlisted in the "Franklin Guards" of that county at the age of 29. This unit later became Company D of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In October and November 1862 he served as a nurse in the University Hospital at Oxford, Mississippi. On January 3, 1863 he was appointed 5th Sergeant. He was captured at Champion Hill and admitted to the hospital due to being, "burned in the face and hands by the premature explosion of a shell."
He returned to Franklin County, never married, and is buried in Wright's Cemetery.
Source: http://www.angelfire.com/ms3/davidg33/biosD.htm#Corban,%20J.B.
Courtesy of David E. Godbold
33rd. Mississippi Infantry
William S. Godbold was born in 1836 in Franklin County, Mississippi to James Godbold and Elizabeth Kendall Wright.
He enlisted in the "Franklin Guards" of that county at the age of 29. This unit later became Company D of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In October and November 1862 he served as a nurse in the University Hospital at Oxford, Mississippi. On January 3, 1863 he was appointed 5th Sergeant. He was captured at Champion Hill and admitted to the hospital due to being, "burned in the face and hands by the premature explosion of a shell."
He returned to Franklin County, never married, and is buried in Wright's Cemetery.
Source: http://www.angelfire.com/ms3/davidg33/biosD.htm#Corban,%20J.B.
Courtesy of David E. Godbold
5th Sgt. William S. Godbold
33rd. Mississippi Infantry
William S. Godbold was born in 1836 in Franklin County, Mississippi to James Godbold and Elizabeth Kendall Wright.
He enlisted in the "Franklin Guards" of that county at the age of 29. This unit later became Company D of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In October and November 1862 he served as a nurse in the University Hospital at Oxford, Mississippi. On January 3, 1863 he was appointed 5th Sergeant. He was captured at Champion Hill and admitted to the hospital due to being, "burned in the face and hands by the premature explosion of a shell."
He returned to Franklin County, never married, and is buried in Wright's Cemetery.
Source: http://www.angelfire.com/ms3/davidg33/biosD.htm#Corban,%20J.B.
Courtesy of David E. Godbold
33rd. Mississippi Infantry
William S. Godbold was born in 1836 in Franklin County, Mississippi to James Godbold and Elizabeth Kendall Wright.
He enlisted in the "Franklin Guards" of that county at the age of 29. This unit later became Company D of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In October and November 1862 he served as a nurse in the University Hospital at Oxford, Mississippi. On January 3, 1863 he was appointed 5th Sergeant. He was captured at Champion Hill and admitted to the hospital due to being, "burned in the face and hands by the premature explosion of a shell."
He returned to Franklin County, never married, and is buried in Wright's Cemetery.
Source: http://www.angelfire.com/ms3/davidg33/biosD.htm#Corban,%20J.B.
Courtesy of David E. Godbold
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