Private William Hill - Alton, MO - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

County of memorial: Madison County
Location of memorial: Williams St. & Broadway Ave., Alton
Erected by: Illinois State Historical Society, Greater Alton Chamber of Commerce, & Madison County Historical Society

Private William Hill
[photo in gallery]   William Hill and his son, Archibald Buchanan Hill, joined the Confederate service in the fall of 1864 near Fayetteville, Arkansas. Both men fought at Fayetteville under Colonel Brooks.
  William Hill was wounded near Prairie Grove, Arkansas and transported to Fayetteville where he was captured by Federal troops on November 4, 1864. William was visited by his wife at Fayetteville before being sent to Alton, arriving here on November 7, 1864.
  William was admitted to the hospital on January 21, 1865 and died January 30, 1865 of Erysipelas, an inflammatory infection of the skin and mucous membranes.

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