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William Anderson Bays served in Co. H of the 48th Virginia Infantry, a totally volunteer regiment, during the Civil War. According to a Historical Society of Washington County Virginia Publication, Series II, No. 7, Winter-Spring 1968-1969 and according to a History of the 48th Virginia Infantry, Virginia Volunteer Army of the Confederate, by James A. Casada, the regiment was mustered on May 18, 1861, with 912 officers and men and was technically under the command of Gen. William Lohring as the army of the Northwest, but actually under the command of Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson. Lohring and Jackson had their differences. Jackson, not technically in command, tendered his resignation and initiated court martial proceedings against Lohring. The outcome was that Lohring and his staff were reassigned to Georgia and the 48th Virginia Infantry became under Jackon's direct command and became a part of the Army of Northern Virginia. The regiment fought valiantly in any number of major battles, including Sharpsburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Upon Jackson's accidental death they were under the command of Gen. Jubal A. Early. Constant fighting gradually reduced the ranks of the 48th until on April 1, 1865, almost four years later, they fought their last battle. Most had either fallen in battle or into enemy hands after being wounded in battle. The 48th Virginia Infantry protected Lee's flanks as he fell back to Appomattox Court House where Lee surrendered on April 9, 1865. Of the original 912 officers and men of the 48th Virginia Infantry, only 37 survived to surrender.
William A. Bays was severely wounded in combat, and, at the end of the war, was being held in a Yankee prison camp in Elmira, New York under such inhumane conditions that the camp became the final resting place for many not already killed in battle. William A. Bays returned home several months after the end of the war emaciated and was still recovering from his wounds.
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1940 UNITED STATES FEDERAL CNESUS
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