William C. Norton

Private, Company B, 4th Regiment, Georgia State Troops, CSA

Corporal, Company F, 40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA

Promoted to Private March 4, 1862

Promoted to private in Company B, 4th Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 25, 1861

Mustered out at Savannah, Georgia April 1862

Enlisted as a private in Company F, 40th Regiment Georgia Infantry in 1862

Captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi

Paroled July 6, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi

Appointed Corporal

Deserted

Took oath of allegiance to United States at Louisville, Kentucky, and released to remain north of Ohio River during war, July 27, 1864.