Advertisement

Sgt William Thomas Snipes

Advertisement

Sgt William Thomas Snipes Veteran

Birth
USA
Death
25 Dec 1897 (aged 64)
USA
Burial
Leon County, Florida, USA GPS-Latitude: 30.5528698, Longitude: -84.1568084
Memorial ID
View Source
2nd Sergeant William Thomas Snipes,
Company K, 5th Florida Infantry

Residence Thomasville GA;
Enlisted on 3/8/1862 at Tallahassee, FL as a Private.
On 3/8/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. FL 5th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
POW 5/12/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA
Confined 5/20/1864 Elmira, NY (Estimated date)
Oath Allegiance 6/23/1865 Elmira, NY (Released)
Promotions:
2nd Corpl 6/1/1862 (Estimated date)
4th Sergt 4/1/1863
3rd Sergt 2/1/1864 (Estimated date)
He was described at enlistment as: 5' 7.5", florid complexion, blue eyes, red hair

born in 1834
died 12/25/1897 in Leon County, FL
Married Mary Willis in 1867
Postwar Occupations: Physician
Florida Confederate Pension Application File A00884
Leon County, FL, 1904.

2nd Sergeant William Thomas Snipes,
Company K, 5th Florida Infantry

Residence Thomasville GA;
Enlisted on 3/8/1862 at Tallahassee, FL as a Private.
On 3/8/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. FL 5th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
POW 5/12/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA
Confined 5/20/1864 Elmira, NY (Estimated date)
Oath Allegiance 6/23/1865 Elmira, NY (Released)
Promotions:
2nd Corpl 6/1/1862 (Estimated date)
4th Sergt 4/1/1863
3rd Sergt 2/1/1864 (Estimated date)
He was described at enlistment as: 5' 7.5", florid complexion, blue eyes, red hair

born in 1834
died 12/25/1897 in Leon County, FL
Married Mary Willis in 1867
Postwar Occupations: Physician
Florida Confederate Pension Application File A00884
Leon County, FL, 1904.



Advertisement