Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Last names beginning with W

Jenny Wade; the only civilian to be killed at Gettysburg, in the John McClellan house on Cemetery Hill on July 3, 1863; buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania {courtesy Pat Finnegan}
William H.T. Walker, Major General, CSA; shot by Union sharpshooter at Atlanta, Georgia, on July 22, 1864; currently unknown
Jerry Wall, Private, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Dansville, New York
Francis A. Wallar, Corporal, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
Stand Watie {Cherokee}, Brigadier General, CSA; died September 9, 1871; buried in Polson Cemetery, Grove, Oklahoma
Alexander S. Webb, Brigadier General, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in West Point Cemetery, West Point, New York
William Wells, Major, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Lake View Cemetery, Burlington, Vermont
James Wiley, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in the National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia
John H. Winder, Brigadier General, CSA; short-term commandant at Camp Sumter {Andersonville Prison}; died of a heart attack on February 6, 1865; currently unknown
Henrich 'Henry'Wirz, Captain; commandant at Camp Sumter {Andersonville Prison}; hanged at the Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C., on November 10, 1865; currently unknown
William T. Wofford, Brigadier General, CSA; buried in the Cassville Cemetery, Cassville, Georgia

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