William H. Boyd, Jr.
Name: William H. Boyd, Jr.
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 21st PA Cav., 182nd Regt.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: n/a
Company: E
Rank at End of Service: Captain
Notes:
Enlisted at Chambersburg, PA; Transfers and Other Service: 21st Pa. Cav. (6 month); 2nd Lt. Co. A 1st N.Y. Cav.; Present through 04-00-1865; Requested leave of absence 12-26-1864 to help his father with business at home, approved for 15 days; Resigned from service 06-02-1865 to take care of business at home; Wounded on 7/13/1863; Son of Col. William H. Boyd
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).
