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Submitted: 8/18/13 • Approved: 8/18/13 • Last Updated: 10/29/15 • R66303-G66202-S3
William Miner Blade
Jan. 31, 1841
Aug. 5, 1916
Survivor of Andersonville Prison
Private Co. D. 7th Regt. N.Y. H. ART.
MILITARY HISTORY
7th N.Y. Artillery:
BLADE, WILLIAM M. - Age, 21 years. Enlisted 08/06/1862, at Berne; mustered in as private, Co. D (originally 113th Infantry), 08/11/1862, to serve 3 years; promoted corporal, 08/18/1862; sergeant to date, 03/01/1863; reduced to the ranks, 08/06/1863; captured, 06/16/1864, at Petersburg, Va.; paroled, 02/26/1865, at North East Ferry, N.C.; mustered out with detachment, 05/23/1865, at Jarvis U.S. General Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
Contributed on 8/18/13 by martinanita26
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