Barnes, William D.

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Barnes, William D.
2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Florida Cavalry, Co. G (Harris Troop) ". . . enlisted 8/5/62 at Chattahoochee and was promoted Adjutant 9/8/62 . . . . elected Lt Colonel of the First Florida Reserves 1/5/65. . . . paroled 5/16/65 at Madison . . . ." Apparently shot and wounded by deserters while adjutant. --Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers 1861-1865, Vol. IV, p.1496. Note: in Co. G, 5th Cavalry, according to Soldiers of Florida.


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Presidential Elector (1856), State Solicitor General, Florida (1857-1861); Speaker State Senate, Florida (1879); State General Assembly, Florida; State Comptroller, Florida (1881-1885).

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