09/15/1839 - Born, near Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA [Father: Dr. Samuel Dunn (1805-1888); Mother: Jane Beattie Ryburn Edmondson) (1807-1861)]
- Attended, Emory and Henry College, Emory, Washington Co., VA
1859-1860 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA; preceptor: Dr. T. E. Dunn) [Note: There was a Dr. Thomas E. Dunn practicing medicine in Saltville, VA, in 1874.]
06/09/1860 - Medical student, Western District, Washington Co., VA (lived with his parents and sibs; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as William Logan)
05/14/1861 - Enlisted as a Pvt., Capt. W. E. Jones' Co., Washington Mounted Rifles, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, Abingdon, VA [Note: This company subsequently became Co. L and D, 1st VA Cavalry.]
05/23/1861 - Mother, Jane, died in Washington Co., VA (buried: Old Glade Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA; FindAGrave #41551803)
06/30/1861 - Pvt., Capt. W. E. Jones' Co., Washington Mounted Rifles
07/21/1861 - As Pvt., Co. L, 1st VA Cavalry, performed both secret scout duty and medical service
08/31/1861 - Pvt., Co. L, 1st VA Cavalry
10/31/1861 - Pvt., Co. L, 1st VA Cavalry
12/31/1861 - Pvt., Co. L, 1st VA Cavalry
02/28/1862 - Pvt., Co. L, 1st VA Cavalry
04/19/1862 - "Private W. L. Dunn, of Company 'L', 1st Va Cavalry is appointed Hospital Steward, and will report to the Surgeon General in this city (Richmond, Virginia)" [S. O. 90/3]
04/19/1862 - Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital No. 4, Richmond, VA
10/31/1862 - Hospital Steward, 1st VA Cavalry
03/06/1863 - M.D. degree, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (from: VA; preceptor:
Dr. J. B. Read)
~04/15/1863 - Promoted to Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
07/01/1863 - As Asst. Surgeon, served at Gen. Hospital No. 4, Richmond, VA, where he perfected his surgical skills under Dr. James Bond Read (1827-1903)
07/13/1863 - As Asst. Surgeon, ordered to report to Mosby's VA Cavalry Regiment (Partisan Rangers)
07/14/1863 - Appointed as Asst. Surgeon, Mosby's VA Cavalry Regiment (Partisan Rangers)
08/24/1863 - Involved in fight at Gooding's Tavern near Annadale, VA, providing medical aid to Col. John Singleton Mosby who was wounded in action
09/18/1863 - Asst Surgeon, Mosby's Battalion (43rd VA Cavalry Battalion), Upperville, Fauquier Co., VA
10/12/1863 - Captured by U. S. Army, at Union, Loudoun Co., VA, and sent to Harpers Ferry, WV
10/18/1863 - As Prisoner of War (P.O.W.), sent from Baltimore to Fort McHenry, MD
11/21/1863 - As P.O.W., sent from Fort McHenry, MD, to City Point, VA, for exchange
07/04/1864 - Involved in raid on Point of Rocks, MD
07/06/1864 - Involved in fight at Mt. Zion Church near Aldie, VA
09/04/1864 - Involved in the capture of several U. S. Ambulances near Halltown, Jefferson Co., WV
10/17/1864 - Served as a scout along the Valley Pike between Bunker Hill, WV, and Bucklestown, Jefferson Co., WV
12/00/1864 - Attended Col. Mosby at the home of Aquilla Glascock after Mosby had been shot at "Lakeland" on 12/21/1864
01/03/1865 - Sent to Northern Neck [VA] with Co's C, E, F, & G, and served as a scout
02/01/1865 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
02/01/1865 - Surgeon, 43rd VA Cavalry Battalion
00/00/1865 - Replaced by Dr. Aristides Monteiro as Surgeon, 43rd VA Cavalry, because according to Col. Mosby, "Dunn was too fond of fighting"
03/00/1865 - Returned from the Northern Neck
04/00/1865 - Led a small detachment of men on a raid in Maryland
04/21/1865 - Paroled by the U. S. Army, Salem, Fauquier Co, VA, where Mosby's Battalion was disbanded
1866 - Married, Fannie P. Beattie (1847-1872)
10/08/1870 - Practiced medicine, Division 1, Washington Co., VA (lived with wife, Fannie; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as "Wm. Dunn")
1872 - Wife, Fannie, died of an overdose of morphine, Washington Co., VA (buried: Old Glade Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA; FindAGrave #41551800)
06/26/1880 - Practiced medicine, Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA (lived with his housekeeper, Rachel Dunn (~1848-); indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as William L. Dunn)
07/14/1882 - Birth of son, Robert Walter Stovall [Father: William Logan Dunn (1839-1922); Mother: Margaret "Maggie" Stovall (1863-1943)]
1897 - Attended a reunion of he 43rd VA Cavalry, Baltimore, MD
11/27/1888 - Father, Samuel, died (buried: Old Glade Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA; FindAGrave #41551810)
06/25/1889 - Married Lucretia Reid (1869-1946)
06/02/1900 - Practiced medicine, Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA (lived with wife, "Lou R."; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as "Wm L. Dunn")
04/16/1910 - Practiced medicine, Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA (lived with wife, Lucretia; indexed in the 1910 U. S. Census as William L. Dunn)
1918 - Attended a reunion of the 43rd VA Cavalry, Front Royal, VA
1920 - Practiced medicine, Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA (lived with wife, Lucretia; indexed in the 1920 U. S. Census as "William L. Dum")
- Local surgeon, Norfolk and Western Railway
06/26/1922 - Died in Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA (buried: Old Glade Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA; FindAGrave #13840295)
02/01/1946 - Wife, Lucretia, died in Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA (buried: Old Glade Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Glade Spring, Washington Co., VA; FindAGrave #254123663
Scott Hutchison, Robert J. Driver, Jr; Hugh C. Keen; Horace Mewborn, Bob Krick, and Michael Angelo provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
05/20/2023. Unpublished database.