Courtesy of Dale Nichols: January 2008:
MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY C, 12th REGIMENT, GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA, MACON COUNTY, GEORGIA, (“DAVIS RIFLES”)
Dyess, William H. (or William J.) Private, June 15, 1861. Appointed Corporal. Wounded at 2d Manassas, Virginia, August 30, 1862. Captured at Mine Run, Virginia, November 28,1863. Died of disease in Lincoln General Hospital, U. S. A., at Washington, D. C., December 15, 1863. Buried at Arlington, Virginia.
DYESS, W H
- CPL CO C 12TH GA INF
- DATE OF DEATH: 12/28/1864
- BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 239
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