Its Family Time~ William Bogan Deese

William Bogan Deese was born about 1837 a son of  Samuel Deese and Sarah ‘Sallie’ Hill of Anson County, North Carolina. He was a farmer.

On 3 October 1861, at age 24, William Bogan Deese enlisted with Company B, North Carolina 31st Infantry Regiment.

DEESE, WILLIAM B., Private
Resided in Anson County where he enlisted at age 24, October 3, 1861. Died in hospital at Wilmington on or about September 3, 1863, of “pneumonia.”[North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster, Volume 8, page 440]

He died in July 1863, at the age of 26, in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was enlisted by E. R. Liles for the duration of the War. It is not known where William Bogan Deese was buried.

Notice the conflict here between the Official record (OR) and North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster, Volume 8, pg 440.



William Bogan Deese is my Great Grand Uncle.

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1. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 4 March 2015), entry for William B. Deese, Private; Company 'B', North Carolina 31st Infantry Regiment; Confederate.
     2. 1850 Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Sandy Point, Anson County, North Carolina, Page 188A (stamped); Line 8, Dwelling 428, Family 428, Household of Mary DEAS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 27 May 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 619.
     3. William B. Deese, compiled military record (Private, Company B, 31st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry), U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (Provo, Utah: www.ancestry.com), N/A.
     4. Ancestry,Military Service Records, database entry for  William B. Deese, Private; Company 'B', North Carolina 31st Infantry Regiment; Confederate.