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Re: 3rd Arkansas at Gettysburg: Casualty List?

Dennis, no sir he isn't listed on the 3rd Arkansas Gettysburg casualty list, although several of his fellow conscripts are. This list I have only covers the regiment's casualties during the battle itself (July 1-2-3), but does not cover those sustained in the rear-guard actions in Maryland on the return to Virginia -- only a handful of men were wounded on the march south, but I don't know if William G. Ellison was one of them. He was more likely in the hospital due to illness.

There is a conflict in the dates of his return to the 24th Arkansas. I transcribed the muster rolls of the 3rd Arkansas, so I am certain that the transcription is accurate; but the muster rolls of the 24th Arkansas were transcribed by someone else and given to me, so I can't be 100 percent sure if there isn't a transcription error.

Anywho, according to the rolls of the 3rd Arkansas, Ellison was reported absent without leave from the Richmond hospital on August 19, 1863. The muster roll dated August 31, 1863, further states that he was "supposed to have gone to Gen. Bragg's army" (that's where the 24th Arkansas was).

The transcription of the rolls of the 24th Arkansas that I have states that he returned to duty there on August 16, 1863, and the muster roll dated August 31, 1863, further states that he was "transferred from the Trans-Miss. Dept." (which more than likely is what he told his captain -- better than mentioning that he had gone AWOL from the 3rd Arkansas!)

August 31, 1863, when he was present for duty, is the last record I have of him. There are four more muster rolls covering the period through August 31, 1864, but the transcription I was given doesn't include those.

You can order a copy of his complete service record in the 24th Arkansas by clicking on the big white banner at the top of this webpage -- Military Records Research Service. It's fast and inexpensive. That should give you the rest of the story.

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