The interment record lists him as, "from Bridge Port, Alabama" Was he visiting or living there when the death occured?
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina
Content Source: NARA
Military Unit: Eighteenth Infantry
Surname Starts With: B
Givenname: William A
Surname: Burgess
Age: 30
Year: 1862
He deserted after being wounded at Fredericksburg and Chancellorville and joined the Quakers according to the records that I have found.
From: The Civil War and Yadkin County, North Carolina By Frances Harding
Co. I, 18th Regiment. Henry H. Burgess, a Yadkin resident entered at age 30 in Wake Co., on 9-10-1862, Present until he was wounded in the left thigh at Fredericksburg, VA 12-13-1862. Died in a Richmond, VA hospital on 2-24-1863 if "pyremia and hectic fever" (NCT VI, 403). Henry H. Burgess b. about 1840 and was in the household of William and Elizabeth Burgess (1850 Surry) He was the brother of William A. and Robert C. Burgess who also served in the same company/regiment.
The interment record lists him as, "from Bridge Port, Alabama" Was he visiting or living there when the death occured?
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina
Content Source: NARA
Military Unit: Eighteenth Infantry
Surname Starts With: B
Givenname: William A
Surname: Burgess
Age: 30
Year: 1862
He deserted after being wounded at Fredericksburg and Chancellorville and joined the Quakers according to the records that I have found.
From: The Civil War and Yadkin County, North Carolina By Frances Harding
Co. I, 18th Regiment. Henry H. Burgess, a Yadkin resident entered at age 30 in Wake Co., on 9-10-1862, Present until he was wounded in the left thigh at Fredericksburg, VA 12-13-1862. Died in a Richmond, VA hospital on 2-24-1863 if "pyremia and hectic fever" (NCT VI, 403). Henry H. Burgess b. about 1840 and was in the household of William and Elizabeth Burgess (1850 Surry) He was the brother of William A. and Robert C. Burgess who also served in the same company/regiment.
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