Frederick County, Virginia Men in Gray

Frederick County, Virginia Men in GrayThe author, who has already produced similar works on Shenandoah, Page, and Rockingham Counties, has drawn upon a number of original and printed sources to produce brief biographies of those men who served for the Confederacy and were born in Frederick county or later called Frederick their home. A brief sample excerpt for one of these soldiers, a certain William B. Mason, follows: WILLIAM B. MASON Born 1830 in Frederick County, VA, died 1 23 1909,

The author, who has already produced similar works on Shenandoah, Page, and Rockingham Counties, has drawn upon a number of original and printed sources to produce brief biographies of those men who served for the Confederacy and were born in Frederick county or later called Frederick their home. A brief sample excerpt for one of these soldiers, a certain William B. Mason, follows:

WILLIAM B. MASON
Born 1830 in Frederick County, VA, died 1/23/1909, buried in Shiloh Church Cemetery, Hampshire County, WV. Enlisted 3/25/1862 in Company D, 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment. Present 4/1862. Absent without leave 5/1-9/25/1862 and 10/12-11/1/1862.Present 12/1862. Wounded in action 5/3/1863 at Chancellorsville, Va. In Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA 7/1/1863. Taken prisoner of war 10/11/1863 in Hampshire County, WV, sent to Wheeling, WV 10/26/1863, sent to Camp chase Prison, Columbus, OH 10/28/1863, sent to Rock Island Prison, Rock Island, IL 1/22/1864. Released 5/25/1865