Soldier: William J. Armstrong (believed to be correct name)
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 19
Date Entering Service: June 15, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed): Mustered out with company on June 21, 1864.
Battles in which he fought:
Elkwater, W.Va. Sept. 11, 1861
Bridgeport, Al. April 29, 1862
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Sand Mountain, Ala. April 30, 1863
Black Warrior Creek, Ala. May 1, 1863
Blounts Farm, Ala. May 2, 1863
Other interesting information discovered: William Armstrong filed for a pension on July 16, 1906 from the state of California. It is presumed that he died and is buried in California.
Date of Death: Unknown
Place of burial: California
Adopted By: Gary Kehrwecker
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard