Timeline
Birth- 1835
Connecticut
1861 - 1865Civil War (Union)- Age: 28 years
Gold Star
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
Civil War (Union)
Unit
16th Infantry
Branch
Army
State
Connecticut
Company
H
Service Start Date
24/08/1862
Service End Date
10/10/1862
Prt
Enlistment- 13/08/1862-Age: 28 years
Glastonbury CT
Casualty- 17/09/1862-Age: 28 years
hit in left thigh by musket ball while he stooped to help a comrade
Antietam Maryland
Discharge
Prt
Death- 10/10/1862-Age: 28 years
wounds received 17 Sep in battle; amputation of thigh-8 Oct 1962
Spring Hospital, Sharpsburg MD
Burial
Green Cemetery, Glastonbury CT
Other Facts
Full Name
William W Porter
Place of Residence
Resience - Glastonbury CT
Marriage
Arazina Dolph Porter (died Oct 1860)
New York
26 Jun 1857
Child
Two dependent children - Henry - age 3, Fanny Arazina-age 11 months
Father
Father - Henry Porter
Sibling
brother - John Porter - 1st CT Heavy Artillery
Full Name
full name - William Wallace Porter