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William S. Askwith
Name: William S. Askwith
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 11th PA Cav.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 08/21/1861
Company: D
Rank at End of Service: Sergeant
Notes:
Enlisted in Philadelphia, PA; Promotion to Cpl on 8/22/1863; Promotion to Sgt. On 3/1/1865; Discharge in Richmond, VA 8/13/1865; Discharged 11-20-1863. Re-enlisted in pursuance of General Order # 191.
Source(s):
Soldiers’ Records for Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the website “Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War,” Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossiers).
