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Re: Wm. E. Walters 2nd S.C. Rifles POW Chaplain

William E. Walters, appointed as the regimental Chaplain March 8, 1863 in the 2nd Regiment South Carolina Rifles, captured at Benton, Tennessee November 3,1863, sent to Johnson's Island, Ohio December 12, 1863, transferred to Fort Monroe January 15, 1864, paroled at Fort Monroe, Virginia, received at City Point, Virginia January 29, 1864, subsequently exchanged prior to April 1, 1864

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William E. Walters appointed Chaplain of the 4th South Carolina Regiment May 26, 1862, appointed Chaplain for the 2nd South Carolina Rifles Regiment March 12,1863, recorded as with Bratton's Brigade, South Carolina Volunteers near Petersburg, Virginia on August 30,1864, recorded as on the outer lines of Richmond on December 27, 1864 and on January 27, 1865, Bratton's Brigade, Field's Division, Longstreet's Corps

These two files are found in M267 Roll 168 and M331 Roll 258

You may procure his service records files at: http://history-sites.com/research/index.html

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