William F. Hall enlisted as a Private in Co. C, 4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion February 2, 1862 at Winnsboro/Delhi, Louisiana, recorded as a Musician on the Field and Staff [F & S] on the Sept/Oct 1862 muster and detailed to the band
4th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry
4th Infantry Battalion was organized during the summer of 1861 and in September its six companies were ordered to Virginia. The men were recruited in the parishes of Madison, Ouachita, Franklin, Tensas, and Concordia. After serving in the Army of the Kanawha, it moved to South Carolina and was active in the conflict at Secessionville. Later the unit was ordered to Mississippi, then was assigned to Wilson's, D.W. Adams', and Gibson's Brigade. It fought with the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville and in 1865, aided in the defense of Mobile. The battalion lost 6 killed and 22 wounded out of the 250 engaged at Secessionville, totalled 116 men and 38 arms in December, 1863, and had 71 present for duty in November, 1864. It surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonel John McEnery, and Majors Duncan Buie and George C. Waddill.
The regiment was attached to the Department of South Carolina and Georgia from December 1861 through April 1863 when they were transferred to the Department of the West
"The Fourth Louisiana Battalion in the Civil War : a history and roster" by Terry G Scriber; Theresa Arnold-Scriber, Publisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2008.
ISBN: 9780786430123 0786430125
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