William J. West, Private, (Old) Company C, subsequently (New) Company B, (Wayne Rifles), 13th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers, enlisted May 14, 1861 at Corinth for 1 year, wounded in the thigh and left at Gettysburg July 2, 1863, died as a prisoner July 13, 1863 in a hospital in and or about Gettysburg, Pa., description on enlistment, 23 year old, single Farmer, resident of Waynesboro

M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi