Captured at Gettysburg July 2, 1863, Captain Bailey was one of the "Immortal 600." On August 20, 1864, a chosen group of 600 Confederate officers left Fort Delaware as prisoners of war, bound for the Union Army base at Hilton Head, South Carolina. Their purpose--to be placed in a stockade in front of the Union batteries at the siege of Charleston.
Captured at Gettysburg July 2, 1863, Captain Bailey was one of the "Immortal 600." On August 20, 1864, a chosen group of 600 Confederate officers left Fort Delaware as prisoners of war, bound for the Union Army base at Hilton Head, South Carolina. Their purpose--to be placed in a stockade in front of the Union batteries at the siege of Charleston.
Inscription
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CAPT. WILLIAM BAILEY.
5th REGT. FLA. VOL.
Who died at Hilton Head.
A Prisoner of War.
Aged 33 Years.
Hero and Christian he
decends to the Tomb, with
the plaudits of his Country
and the favor of his God.
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