William L. Campbell, age 18, was enlisted as Private on April 2nd, 1862 in Captain McLean’s Company, Company H (Union Rebels), 6th Regiment Florida Infantry by J. J. Finley at Mount Vernon Arsenal, Florida, for a period of 3 years or the war (Company Muster Roll for April 2nd to April 21st, 1862).

He is reported present on Company Muster Roll for April 1st to July 1st, 1862.

He is reported absent on the Company Muster Roll for June 30th through November 12th, 1862.

This roll documents him absent sick at Frankfurt, Kentucky since October 1st, 1862.

He is reported absent on the Company Muster Roll for November 12th, 1862 through February 11th, 1863. This roll documents him absent without leave in Florida.

He is reported present on the Company Muster Roll for February 11th, through April 17th, 1863.

This roll documents his return to the Company on April 2nd, 1863. The absence was excused for sickness.

He is reported present on the Company Muster Roll for April 17th through April 30th, 1863.

He is reported present and due commutation from enlistment on the Company Muster Roll for April 17th through April 30th, 1863.

He is reported present on the Company Muster Roll for July 9th, 1863 through October 31st, 1863.

He is reported present on the Company Muster Roll for November & December, 1863.

He is reported present on the Company Muster Roll for December 31st, 1863, through February 29th, 1864.

He appears on a Receipt Roll for Clothing for April 1st to June 30th, 1864.

According to his Florida Confederate Pension Application, he was captured near Nashville, Tennessee in December, 1864, and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, and was discharged from there at the close of the war.

There was some controversy regarding his eligibility for pension; he was labelled a deserter, with affidavits submitted by moroe than a few of the men in the company.

William L Campbell