PRIVATE WILLIAM SMEDLEY

DOB/DOD: 1819? – June 20, 1865 (Jacksonville, FL); 46 years old
ENLISTMENT: August 27, 1862; mustered in August 28, 1862
UNIT: Company H, 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers

CAPTURE: Taken prisoner May 2, 1863, at Chancellorsville, VA. Paroled May 15, 1863.

CAUSE OF DEATH: Died June 20, 1865, “by falling from a window causing ruptured blood vessel.”


Memorialized in the family plot, Riverside Cemetery, 81 Riverside Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut; Section 7. Photo from findagrave.com.


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USAF retiree. Veteran advocate. Committed to telling the stories of those who died while in the service of the country during wartime.

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