William H. Bates
Name: William H. Bates
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 165th PA Inf.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 11/04/1862
Rank at End of Service: Hospital Steward
Notes:
Enlisted in Chambersburg, PA; Promotions: Appt. Hosp. Steward, 01-10-1863; Discharge: Gettysburg, Pa. 7/28/1863
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).
