William S. Poe

First Name: William
Middle Name(s): S.
Last Name: Poe
Unit: 
Co. I, 32nd Alabama Infantry
Rank: 
Private
Residence (County): 
Fayette County, AL
Biography: 

William S. Poe (1837 - 1917) resided in Fayette County, Alabama. He served in the Confederate Army in Co. I, 32nd Alabama Infantry. William was taken prisoner at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in November 1863 and spent the remainder of the war at Rock Island prison camp in Illinois. He survived the war.

Authored Letters

Displaying 1 - 25 of 37
ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11770 Poe5 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Fayette County, AL
11824 Poe59 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Apsanah Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe
11825 Poe60 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe
11828 Poe61 William S. Poe Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe
11771 Poe6 May 17, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Greene County, AL
11774 Poe9 May 27, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe
11775 Poe10 May 29, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe
11776 Poe11 June 2, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Apsanah Poe Jackson, MS
11778 Poe13 June 14, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Mobile County, AL
11777 Poe12 June 16, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Mobile County, AL
11782 Poe17 June 27, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Mobile County, AL
11781 Poe16 June 27, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe Mobile County, AL
11783 Poe18 July 18, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Mobile County, AL
11784 Poe19 July 19, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe , Rhoda Poe Mobile County, AL
11785 Poe20 July 27, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Chattanooga, TN
11786 Poe21 August 8, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Richard Hampton Rogers , Elizabeth Drake Rogers , Matilda Power Rogers , Elizabeth Drake Rogers II Marion County, TN
11787 Poe22 August 18, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe Chattanooga, TN
11788 Poe23 August 20, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe Chattanooga, TN
11794 Poe29 September 13, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Chattanooga, TN
11795 Poe30 September 15, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Chattanooga, TN
11798 Poe33 October 5, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Coffee County, TN
11802 Poe37 March 16, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Tuscaloosa County, AL
11803 Poe38 March 25, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Tullahoma, TN
11804 Poe39 April 4, 1863 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Tullahoma, TN
11805 Poe40 April 26, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Tullahoma, TN

Received Letters

Displaying 1 - 7 of 7
ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11772 Poe7 June 14, 1862 Rhoda Poe William S. Poe Fayette County, AL
11789 Poe24 August 28, 1862 Rhoda Poe William S. Poe Fayette County, AL
11791 Poe26 September 3, 1862 James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe William S. Poe Fayette County, AL
11792 Poe27 September 6, 1862 James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe William S. Poe Fayette County, AL
11793 Poe28 September 6, 1862 Rhoda Poe William S. Poe Fayette County, AL
11796 Poe31 September 18, 1862 Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe William S. Poe
11799 Poe34 December 18, 1862 James J. Randolph William S. Poe , Rhoda Poe Talladega County, AL

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