I would not believe receiving such wounds he would have ever returned to active duty. I suspect the wounding account at Sharpsburg is incorrect and that his serious injuries occured September 19, 1864.

* Wounded 9/17/1862 Sharpsburg, MD (Right eye, loss sight, through legs & arms)

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- 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.)*, admitted Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Va., October 18, 1862, contusion of right side,