This biography was written with a significant contribution coming from Looney researcher, Celia Webb.
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It is believed that William C. Looney was born out of wedlock William "Gravely Bill" Looney and Julia Looney. William "Gravely Bill" Looney was born out of wedlock to William M. Looney and Sarah Felkner / Feltner. Julia Looney was the daughter of Benjamin "Big Ben" Looney and Elizabeth McClure.
It is said that about 1856 William C. Looney was packed off to the Millers in the Knoxville area because of "gambling". William can be found living with the John Miller and Elizabeth "Betsy" Condray family in Union County, Tennessee during the 1860 census.
William enlisted on 12 September 1862 at Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee with Samuel R. Gammon for 3 yrs to serve the Confederate States of America as a Private under Company B of the 60th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Crawford's) (79th Infantry). According to his military service records, William was described as 6 feet tall, fair complexion, with blue eyes, and dark hair.
Shortly after enlistment, William arrived by train at Vicksburg during the afternoon and evening of 27 December 1862. By daylight of the following day, 28 December 1862, his unit was in position along the Walnut Hills. That next day Union and Confederate artillery exchanged fire. By nightfall, William was dead. He was one of 5 in the 60th Regiment killed that day in action that was part of what is now known as the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou.
William was killed while serving under the overall command of Major General Carter L. Stevenson's according to signed testimony by Captain Samuel R. Gammon. William was under the direct command of Colonel John H. Crawford at the time of his death. Most probably he is one of the 5,000 Confederate soldiers buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Vicksburg. 2,400 of those burials are of unknown Confederate soldiers.
According to extant documentation available with William's military records, his sister; Mary Looney of Hawkins County, Tennessee; filed for the military pay that was due to William through an attorney. She listed herself as the only living relative in the submission.
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It is believed that William C. Looney was born out of wedlock William "Gravely Bill" Looney and Julia Looney. William "Gravely Bill" Looney was born out of wedlock to William M. Looney and Sarah Felkner / Feltner. Julia Looney was the daughter of Benjamin "Big Ben" Looney and Elizabeth McClure.
It is said that about 1856 William C. Looney was packed off to the Millers in the Knoxville area because of "gambling". William can be found living with the John Miller and Elizabeth "Betsy" Condray family in Union County, Tennessee during the 1860 census.
William enlisted on 12 September 1862 at Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee with Samuel R. Gammon for 3 yrs to serve the Confederate States of America as a Private under Company B of the 60th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Crawford's) (79th Infantry). According to his military service records, William was described as 6 feet tall, fair complexion, with blue eyes, and dark hair.
Shortly after enlistment, William arrived by train at Vicksburg during the afternoon and evening of 27 December 1862. By daylight of the following day, 28 December 1862, his unit was in position along the Walnut Hills. That next day Union and Confederate artillery exchanged fire. By nightfall, William was dead. He was one of 5 in the 60th Regiment killed that day in action that was part of what is now known as the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou.
William was killed while serving under the overall command of Major General Carter L. Stevenson's according to signed testimony by Captain Samuel R. Gammon. William was under the direct command of Colonel John H. Crawford at the time of his death. Most probably he is one of the 5,000 Confederate soldiers buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Vicksburg. 2,400 of those burials are of unknown Confederate soldiers.
According to extant documentation available with William's military records, his sister; Mary Looney of Hawkins County, Tennessee; filed for the military pay that was due to William through an attorney. She listed herself as the only living relative in the submission.
This biography was written with a significant contribution coming from Looney researcher, Celia Webb.
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It is believed that William C. Looney was born out of wedlock William "Gravely Bill" Looney and Julia Looney. William "Gravely Bill" Looney was born out of wedlock to William M. Looney and Sarah Felkner / Feltner. Julia Looney was the daughter of Benjamin "Big Ben" Looney and Elizabeth McClure.
It is said that about 1856 William C. Looney was packed off to the Millers in the Knoxville area because of "gambling". William can be found living with the John Miller and Elizabeth "Betsy" Condray family in Union County, Tennessee during the 1860 census.
William enlisted on 12 September 1862 at Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee with Samuel R. Gammon for 3 yrs to serve the Confederate States of America as a Private under Company B of the 60th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Crawford's) (79th Infantry). According to his military service records, William was described as 6 feet tall, fair complexion, with blue eyes, and dark hair.
Shortly after enlistment, William arrived by train at Vicksburg during the afternoon and evening of 27 December 1862. By daylight of the following day, 28 December 1862, his unit was in position along the Walnut Hills. That next day Union and Confederate artillery exchanged fire. By nightfall, William was dead. He was one of 5 in the 60th Regiment killed that day in action that was part of what is now known as the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou.
William was killed while serving under the overall command of Major General Carter L. Stevenson's according to signed testimony by Captain Samuel R. Gammon. William was under the direct command of Colonel John H. Crawford at the time of his death. Most probably he is one of the 5,000 Confederate soldiers buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Vicksburg. 2,400 of those burials are of unknown Confederate soldiers.
According to extant documentation available with William's military records, his sister; Mary Looney of Hawkins County, Tennessee; filed for the military pay that was due to William through an attorney. She listed herself as the only living relative in the submission.
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It is believed that William C. Looney was born out of wedlock William "Gravely Bill" Looney and Julia Looney. William "Gravely Bill" Looney was born out of wedlock to William M. Looney and Sarah Felkner / Feltner. Julia Looney was the daughter of Benjamin "Big Ben" Looney and Elizabeth McClure.
It is said that about 1856 William C. Looney was packed off to the Millers in the Knoxville area because of "gambling". William can be found living with the John Miller and Elizabeth "Betsy" Condray family in Union County, Tennessee during the 1860 census.
William enlisted on 12 September 1862 at Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee with Samuel R. Gammon for 3 yrs to serve the Confederate States of America as a Private under Company B of the 60th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Crawford's) (79th Infantry). According to his military service records, William was described as 6 feet tall, fair complexion, with blue eyes, and dark hair.
Shortly after enlistment, William arrived by train at Vicksburg during the afternoon and evening of 27 December 1862. By daylight of the following day, 28 December 1862, his unit was in position along the Walnut Hills. That next day Union and Confederate artillery exchanged fire. By nightfall, William was dead. He was one of 5 in the 60th Regiment killed that day in action that was part of what is now known as the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou.
William was killed while serving under the overall command of Major General Carter L. Stevenson's according to signed testimony by Captain Samuel R. Gammon. William was under the direct command of Colonel John H. Crawford at the time of his death. Most probably he is one of the 5,000 Confederate soldiers buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Vicksburg. 2,400 of those burials are of unknown Confederate soldiers.
According to extant documentation available with William's military records, his sister; Mary Looney of Hawkins County, Tennessee; filed for the military pay that was due to William through an attorney. She listed herself as the only living relative in the submission.
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