At the beginning of the Civil War, William enlisted as a corporal in Company F, 54th Virginia Infantry, serving three years. He fought in ten major battles, including Round Top and Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga.
Excerpt from "Kennesaw Mountain, Sherman, Johnston and the Atlanta Campaign," by Eearl J. Hess, p. 41:
"For many wounded Confederates, a long and painful journey toward an uncertain future lay ahead. 'I have met with a very sad fate,' wrote William B. Calfee of the 54th VA to his father. 'I was severely wounded on 22nd (of July 1864, at Kolbs Farm) in the right arm and also had it amputated the Same day.' Calfee was transported to Kingston Hospital near Atlanta and was recovering well a few days after the battle. The federals 'give me a good one a Discharge at once, for a man will not be worth much with his right arm off.' Calfee has good reason to hope for recovery as long as 'the gand green' did not begin to trouble the exposed flesh of his stump."
After the war, he remained unmarried and living with his unmarried sister, Sarah "Sally" Ann, and they farmed the family property.
Excerpt from "Kennesaw Mountain, Sherman, Johnston and the Atlanta Campaign," by Eearl J. Hess, p. 41:
"For many wounded Confederates, a long and painful journey toward an uncertain future lay ahead. 'I have met with a very sad fate,' wrote William B. Calfee of the 54th VA to his father. 'I was severely wounded on 22nd (of July 1864, at Kolbs Farm) in the right arm and also had it amputated the Same day.' Calfee was transported to Kingston Hospital near Atlanta and was recovering well a few days after the battle. The federals 'give me a good one a Discharge at once, for a man will not be worth much with his right arm off.' Calfee has good reason to hope for recovery as long as 'the gand green' did not begin to trouble the exposed flesh of his stump."
After the war, he remained unmarried and living with his unmarried sister, Sarah "Sally" Ann, and they farmed the family property.
At the beginning of the Civil War, William enlisted as a corporal in Company F, 54th Virginia Infantry, serving three years. He fought in ten major battles, including Round Top and Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga.
Excerpt from "Kennesaw Mountain, Sherman, Johnston and the Atlanta Campaign," by Eearl J. Hess, p. 41:
"For many wounded Confederates, a long and painful journey toward an uncertain future lay ahead. 'I have met with a very sad fate,' wrote William B. Calfee of the 54th VA to his father. 'I was severely wounded on 22nd (of July 1864, at Kolbs Farm) in the right arm and also had it amputated the Same day.' Calfee was transported to Kingston Hospital near Atlanta and was recovering well a few days after the battle. The federals 'give me a good one a Discharge at once, for a man will not be worth much with his right arm off.' Calfee has good reason to hope for recovery as long as 'the gand green' did not begin to trouble the exposed flesh of his stump."
After the war, he remained unmarried and living with his unmarried sister, Sarah "Sally" Ann, and they farmed the family property.
Excerpt from "Kennesaw Mountain, Sherman, Johnston and the Atlanta Campaign," by Eearl J. Hess, p. 41:
"For many wounded Confederates, a long and painful journey toward an uncertain future lay ahead. 'I have met with a very sad fate,' wrote William B. Calfee of the 54th VA to his father. 'I was severely wounded on 22nd (of July 1864, at Kolbs Farm) in the right arm and also had it amputated the Same day.' Calfee was transported to Kingston Hospital near Atlanta and was recovering well a few days after the battle. The federals 'give me a good one a Discharge at once, for a man will not be worth much with his right arm off.' Calfee has good reason to hope for recovery as long as 'the gand green' did not begin to trouble the exposed flesh of his stump."
After the war, he remained unmarried and living with his unmarried sister, Sarah "Sally" Ann, and they farmed the family property.
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