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PVT William Alva H. Barksdale

Birth
Hancock County, Georgia, USA
Death
11 Jan 1865 (aged 22–23)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Plot
Confederate Circle
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CSA, Company E, 12th Louisiana Infantry. William was captured 16 December 1864 at Nashville, Tennessee. He died at the U.S.A. General Hospital on 11 January 1865 from exhaustion of gunshot wound of left shoulder penetrating pleural cavity. His burial record indicated the following information: death age 22; born Georgia; single; residence Mitchell County, Georgia; no effects; relative - William Barksdale, Albany, Daugherty County, Georgia; burial Nashville City Cemetery; grave #11152. After the war, William's remains were exhumed from Nashville City Cemetery and re-interred at Mount Olivet in the Confederate Section.
CSA, Company E, 12th Louisiana Infantry. William was captured 16 December 1864 at Nashville, Tennessee. He died at the U.S.A. General Hospital on 11 January 1865 from exhaustion of gunshot wound of left shoulder penetrating pleural cavity. His burial record indicated the following information: death age 22; born Georgia; single; residence Mitchell County, Georgia; no effects; relative - William Barksdale, Albany, Daugherty County, Georgia; burial Nashville City Cemetery; grave #11152. After the war, William's remains were exhumed from Nashville City Cemetery and re-interred at Mount Olivet in the Confederate Section.


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