PRIVATE WILLIAM SMEDLEY

1819? – June 20, 1865 (Jacksonville, FL); 46 years old
Enlisted August 27, 1862
Mustered in August 28, 1862
Unit: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company H

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

Died June 20, 1865 “by falling from a window causing rupture blood vessel.”


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


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Published by jeffd1121

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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