Residence Monroe County GA;
Enlisted on 10/14/1861 as a Private.

On 10/14/1861 he mustered into "D" Co. GA 31st Infantry

He was listed as:

* Wounded 9/17/1862 Sharpsburg, MD (Right eye, loss sight, through legs & arms)
* Sick 11/5/1864 (place not stated) (In hospital)

Other Information:
born in Morgan County, GA
(Born: February 4, 1843)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865

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William D. Barkley, Private, Capt. John T. Crowder's Company (The Monroe Crowders.)*, enlisted October 14, 1861 at Savannah by LCol. W. S. Rockwell for 12 months, admitted Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Va., October 18, 1862, contusion of right side, furloughed 30 days, November 3, 1862, recorded on January 31, 1863 as at home wounded, on furlough from hospital, admitted Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Ga. November 14, 1864, gunshot wound thigh & leg, flesh, September 19, 1864, furloughed November 18, readmitted January 24, 1865, transferred March 10, 1865, resident of Forsyth, Monroe County, his file contains correspondence between the Adjutant General, War Department, with Georgia Commissioner of Pensions, dated Sept. 1, 1916

* This company subsequently became Company D, 27th Regiment Georgia Infantry. The designation 27th Regiment Georgia Infantry was changed to 31st Regiment Georgia Infantry about April, 1862

M266: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia