Nickelsville Spartan Band Roster, Company E
48th Virginia Regiment

Kilgore Fort House, Copper Creek, Scott Co. Va.
Sketch by Andrew Bond, August 1996

William H. Dorton

Final Rank: Pvt.

1860 Census: Farm hand, Scott Co., age 21

Enlistment: Enl., Scott Co., 7/2/61, age 22

Present thru 10/15/61. AWOL by 4/30/62. Courtmartialed by 2/12/64. Remaining sentence remitted 4/7/64 "on account of the mitigating circumstances and his previous good character as a soldier." Captured Piedmont 6/5/64. POW Staunton 6/8/64. POW Camp Morton 6/21/64.

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