Notes for William Burdine GATES
Military: Served as Private in Co. I, 55th Regiment, Pennsylvani Volunteer Infantry. Later transferred to Co. E, 24th Regiment. Enlisted June 15, 1864, at Huntingdon, PA. Wounded by gunshot in left arm at Coal Harbor, VA June 3, 1864. Discharged September 8, 1865. Source: Military pension records of William B. Gates, National Archives
Physical description: Age 18 years, Roller, eyes & hair black, complexion dark, height 5 feet 6 inches.
Military medical record: "March 26, to Apr. 2, 1864 Primary syphilis, ret'd to duty...Apr. 7 & 7, 1864, Gonorrhoea, ret'd to duty,...Apr. 23 to 29, 1864, ulcers, ret'd to duty...June 4, 1864 to -- G.S.W. arm...Examined by med'l examining Board Feb. 12, 1865, diagnosis, G.S.W. left forearm,...transf'd to 24 Regt VRC, Feb. 13, 1865" Source: Military pension records of William B. Gates, National Archives
Letter dated 12/13/04 from Horace E. Kislter to Sydney L. Kistler re. Wm.B. Gates: Grandfather Gates served in Penna. Dragoons. His (WmB's) brother served in 13th Ohio Vols. "Wm.B. Gates enlisted 2/15/1864 at Huntingdon, Pa. in Co. I, 55th Pa.Vet. Vols. After being discharged from Hospital at Chester, Delaware Co., Pa. was sent to Washington, D.C. 'My examination being total disability from actual service. I was transferred to Co. E 24 Regt. Vet. Reserve Corps 1st Batallion on detached Service in the District of Columbia." Source: Letter in personal collection of Bruce Kistler, Winter Haven, FL
Affidavit of Mahlon M. Garland, present at wedding of William and Martha.
After the War, he lived on Main Street in Duncansville, Blair Co., PA. until April 1, 1867 when he moved to Harrisburg, PA Later moved to Allegheny City, PA
"...William B. Gates was injured at the Clairton Steel Works at Clairton, Allegheny Co., PA on November 26, 1907, and died December 3rd 1907, at the Hospital McKeesport, Pa., and I buried William B. Gates on Friday December 6th 1907 in the South Side Pittsburgh, Pa Cemetery...William B. Gates and Martha E. Gates...were highly respected in this community where they have resided for over six years..." Affidavit of undertaker J. Will Martin, at Elizabeth, Allegheny Co., PA; Source: Military pension records of William B. Gates, National Archives
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