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Willis (Veteran CSA) WILLETT

Old Athens Upper (aka New Hope Baptist) Cemetery
Claiborne County,
Louisiana

PRIVATE CSA
Company A 46 Regiment Alabama Infantry (Brewer's Company)
Civil War Confederate
August 7, 1843 - 1913

He enlisted on February 28, 1862 at Montgomery, Alabama. His name appeared on Roll of Prisoners of War captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863, and paroled on July 10, 1863. His name later appeared on Roll of Prisoners of War captured near Jonesboro, Georgia on September 1, 1864. He was exchanged on September 19 & 22, 1864 at Rough And Ready, Georgia. His name once again appeared on a list of Prisoners of War after his capture on December 16, 1864 near Nashville, Tennessee. On January 4, 1865, he was housed at Louisville, Kentucky and on January 6, 1865 he arrived at Camp Chase, Ohio. On May 15, 1865, while at Camp Chase, Ohio he completed the Oath of Allegiance to the United States.

Confederate Pension Application Index Database, Reel CP1.147 - Microdex 4 - Sequence 15
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, The National Archives, Publication M374, Roll 0048 & Publication M311, Roll 0422

Contributed on 12/2/20 by bridges1026
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Submitted: 12/2/20 • Approved: 12/2/20 • Last Updated: 12/5/20 • R296433-G0-S3

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