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Hello Linda,

Since you have not elaborated on this soldier's native state, county, or regiment...I checked the family files on Ancestry.com and discovered that he was from Randolph County, North Carolina. There are about a dozen or so William Albrights who served from N.C.--so I found the one whose date of death matched your inquiry.

William Albright [aka W.S. Albright] became a member of Company "D" 11th North Carolina Infantry on June 27, 1864. He died from wounds on October 4, 1864 in Richmond. The best thing to do to get started is to order Albright's Compiled Military Service Record. You can do this at:
http://history-sites.com/research/index.html
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The 11th North Carolina Infantry was called the 1st North Carolina Volunteers at the beginning of the Civil War. The following is from Confederate Military History, Volume 3, Chapter VIII:

The 1st North Carolina Volunteers was formed from ten counties of volunteer state militias. Companies and volunteer units are as follows: A. Edgecombe Guards, B. Hornets Nest Rifles, C. Charlotte Greys, D. Orange Light Infantry, E. Buncombe Riflemen, F. Lafayette Light Infantry G. Burke Rifles, H. Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry, I. Enfield Blues and K. Southern Stars.

On May 11, 1861, the 1st NC Volunteers were formally organized. Now the 1st would go to Virginia and see its first action at Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. They would be led by Colonel D.H. Hill, brother-in-law of Stonewall Jackson. In the engagement at Bethel, Private Henry Lawson Wyatt would be the first and only death. Private Wyatt was the first Confederate dead of the war. The 1st would now return to North Carolina where it would be re-formed into the 11th North Carolina Troops and asigned to the Department of North Carolina. For the next two years the 11th would serve in eastern North Carolina. The newly formed 11th NC would be made up of ten companies: three from Mecklenburg County, two from Burke County and one from Bertie, Chowan, Orange, Lincoln and Buncombe. The 11th would now see action in eastern North Carolina. They would do provo duty around the city of Wilmington, N.C., and also see some action in White Hall and the Seige of Washington, N.C.

In the spring of 1863 the 11th would be called up to the front in Virginia. Now the men of the 11th NC would go into the service of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The men from the Bethel Regiment would now fight at Gettysbury July 1-3, 1863; Bristoe Station October 14, 1863; The Wilderness May 5, 1864; Spotsylvania May 7, 1864; and Cold Harbor June 3, 1864. The battles that took place from June 1864 to April 1865 at the seige of Petersburg are as follows: Jerusalem Plank, Globe Tavern, Reams Station, Jones Farm, Burgess Mill and Hatcher Run. The 11th NC surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Va., on April 9, 1865. The 11th NC Troops never lost or surrendered its colors. The 11th NC served in A.P. Hill's division from 1863 to 1865.
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To increase your chances of success, you may wish to post on the North Carolina Message Board at:
http://history-sites.net/mb/cw/nccwmb/
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For future research see:

http://www.ci.richmond.va.us/departments/parks/cemeteries.aspx

http://www.mdgorman.com/Hospitals/hospitals.htm

http://nc-historical-publications.stores.yahoo.net/109.html

http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/320426&tab=holdings&loc=27620
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There are several folks that post on the message board who have better access to Richmond Cemetery files than I do. Perhaps one of them can assist you regarding Albright's final resting place.

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