16 May 1861 - enlisted as a sergeant in infantry unit at Mount Zion
17 May 1861 - mustered into Confederate service at Lynchburg, having traveled 20 miles, described as a 22-year-old farmer
16 August 1861 - absent due to illness
4 August 1862 - detached service
15 November 1862 - discharged from infantry after furnishing a substitute, transferred to cavalry
Robert W. Morgan, Company C, 11th Virginia Infantry
12 August 1862 - enrolled at Campbell Courthouse by his brother William H. Morgan
31 August 1862 - wounded, returned home
19 March 1863 - returned to service
3 July 1863 - wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
6 January 1864 - present on muster roll
21 May 1864 - captured at Milford Station, Virginia
13 February 1865 - exchanged
27 May 1865 - paroled at Campbell Courthouse
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William H. Morgan, Company C, 11th Virginia Infantry
16 May 1861 - enrolled as a sergeant at Mount Zion by Adam Clement
28 June thru 5 July 1861 - on special duty furlough
December 1861 - sick, returned home
26 May 1862 - elected Lieutenant
5 December 1862 - listed as Captain, actually still Lieutenant but acting as company commander.
4 May 1863 - received pay, $260
12 June 1863 -sick, returned home
20 August 1863 - sick, returned home
1 January 1864 - received pay, $90
8 February 1864 - received pay, $90
25 February 1864 - on furlough
21 May 1864 - captured at Milford Station, Virginia
29 May 1864 - committed to Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC
15 June 1864 - sent to Fort Delaware
20 August 1864 - sent to Hilton Head, South Carolina
20 October 1864 - sent to Fort Pulaski, Georgia
21 May 1865 - released by order of War Department, listed residence as Campbell County, Virgnia, described as light complexion, grey hair, blue eyes, 6'2" tall
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