| William
White
 
Biographical
Information |
| BORN |
1819 in Ireland |
| PARENTS |
Unknown |
| MARRIED |
Sarah Husband on May 3,
1843 in Ireland |
| CHILDREN |
Six children |
| DIED |
August 15, 1904 in
Sheldon, Vermont |
| BURIED |
Old Sheldon Cemetery,
Sheldon, Vermont  
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| COMMENTS |
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| Military
Service |
| RESIDENCE |
Sheldon, Vermont |
| ENLISTED |
August 9, 1862 as a Sergeant |
| MUSTERED |
September 1, 1862 |
| UNIT |
Company I, 10th Vermont Infantry |
| TRANSFERRED |
n/a |
| PROMOTED |
Promoted 1st Sergeant on December 5, 1862 Promoted 2nd Lieutenant on April 2, 1864
Promoted 1st Lieutenant on August 9, 1864
Promoted Captain on June 15, 1865 (not mustered) |
| DISCHARGED |
Mustered out on June 22, 1865 |
| COMMENTS |
Wounded on June 1, 1864 at Cold Harbor,
Virginia Wounded on October 19, 1864 at
Cedar Creek, Virginia
He later wrote from a hospital bed that the attack was
through a sheet of fire:
"When we got within yards of the rebel rifle pits...a ball struck my saber, then
glanced cutting a hole in the outside of my pants, bruised the main artery in my left
groin enough to break the skin & make it very sore, but the ball did not go in, so you
see I have great cause to thank & bless the Lord."
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