Timeline
Birth- Oct 4, 1842
1861 - 1865Civil War (Union)
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Service End Date
Jul 5, 1865
Service Start Date
Jun 24, 1861
Conflict Period
Civil War (Union)
Served For
United States of America
Enlistment
Portland, Maine
1861 - 1865Civil War (Union)
Rank
Private
Service Start Date
Jun 24, 1861
Branch
Army
Service End Date
Jul 5, 1865
Conflict Period
Civil War (Union)
Served For
United States of America
Enlistment- May 4, 1861
Portland, Maine
1861 - 1865Civil War (Union)
Service Start Date
Apr 13, 1864
Conflict Period
Civil War (Union)
Branch
Navy
Served For
United States of America
Enlistment- Dec 28, 1863
1861 - 1865Civil War (Union)
Service Start Date
Jul 27, 1864
Branch
Navy
Rank
Seaman enlist from army
Conflict Period
Civil War (Union)
Service Number
bookmark:See Inf 79.1864
Service End Date
Jul 5, 1865
Served For
United States of America
Enlistment- Apr 13, 1864
order of Gen. Sedgwick
Other Facts
Full Name
William Frederick Irwin
Physical Description: Height
5 ft. 6 in.
Physical Description: Hair Color
red
Physical Description: Weight/Build
complexion: fair
Physical Description: Eye Color
grey
POW hospitalization
The one on the left is the Oath of Allegiance and the faint one on the right is the hospital record from the Conferderate Army Hospital #11 in Charlotte, NC. If you look closely, you can see that he was admitted with typhoid fever.
