William C. Norton
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.