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Company H left Athens, Alabama, on June 6, 1861, for Lynchburg,Virginia, with the rest of the 9th Alabama Regiment.They were mustered into Capt. David Houston’s company, the Limestone Greys, on June 18. William transferred to Capt. Thomas Hubbard Hobbs’s company, Company F , the Limestone Troopers, on July 31, 1861. Battle/assignment Date Missed the First Battle of Manassas (sick) July 21, 1861 Regiment posted to Manassas Junction and Centreville ,VA July–Dec. 1861 Peninsula Campaign: Lebanon Church,VA Apr. 1, 1862 Lee’s Mill,VA Apr. 16, 1862 Wynn’s Mill,VA Apr. 16, 1862 Burnt Ordinary,VA May 6, 1862 Companies D & F on picket duty on Charles City Rd. (slightly wounded) June 17, 1862 Battle of Seven Pines, VA (slightly wounded) (May 31, 1862) Gaines’s Mill,VA June 27, 1862 Battle of Frayser’s Farm,VA June 30, 1862 Regiment posted to Orange Court House and Centreville,VA summer–fall 1862 Missed Second Battle of Manassas, VA, and Sharpsburg, MD (sick) Aug.–Sept. 1862 Detailed provost guard at Fredericksburg, VA winter 1862–63 Salem Church,VA May 3, 1863 Companies A & F put into ri®e pits at Chancellorsville ,VA June 14, 1863 Appendix D Pvt. William Cowan McClellan’s Military Record Detailed provost guard at Gettysburg, PA July 1863 Detailed provost guard at Anderson’s headquarters July 1863–Feb. 1864 Orange Court House,VA Mar.–Apr. 1864 Detailed provost guard at Anderson’s headquarters Sept.–Oct. 1864 Detailed provost guard at Mahone’s division Oct.–Nov. 1864 Petersburg,VA July 1864–Apr.2, 1865 March to Sayler’s Creek,VA Apr. 2–6, 1865 Sayler’s Creek/High Bridge,VA Apr. 6–7, 1865 Arrived at City Point (Hopewell), VA Apr. 14, 1865 Imprisoned at Point Lookout, MD Apr.15–June 5, 1865 Took oath and released June 5, 1865 Source: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, 9th Alabama Infantry (National Archives Micro ¤lm Publication M311, roll 187) 300 / Appendix D ...

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