William Riddick Whitehead

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 7/4/1861 as a Surgeon.

On 11/30/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff VA 44th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)

He was listed as:
* Wounded 5/2/1863 Chancellorsville, VA
* POW 7/4/1863 Gettysburg, PA
* Wounded 7/4/1863 Gettysburg, PA
* Confined 7/16/1863 Fort McHenry, MD
* Escaped 8/15/1863 Fort McHenry, MD
* Detailed 12/15/1864 South Carolina (On examining board, estimated day)

Other Information:
born 12/15/1831 in Suffolk, VA
died in Denver, CO

(Postwar doctor in NY. Founded Med schools in CO. Died
in 1903)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series