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 Datesort ascending Author Recipient From To
11820 Poe55 August 26, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe MS
11819 Poe54 August 23, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe , Apsanah Poe MS
11816 Poe51 July 23, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Asa T. Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe Lauderdale Springs, MS
11815 Poe50 July 19, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Lauderdale Springs, MS
11814 Poe49 July 7, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , James Poe Jackson, MS
11811 Poe46 June 22, 1863 William S. Poe , John Wesley Rogers Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe Jackson, MS
11810 Poe45 June 14, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Nancy Poe , Apsanah Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , James Poe Jackson, MS
11808 Poe43 June 9, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Nancy Poe Jackson, MS
11813 Poe48 May 30, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , James Poe Jackson, MS
11807 Poe42 May 27, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Apsanah Poe TN
11769 Poe4 May 8, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Nancy Poe , Apsanah Poe TN
11768 Poe3 April 30, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Nancy Poe , Apsanah Poe Bedford County, TN
11805 Poe40 April 26, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Tullahoma, TN
11804 Poe39 April 4, 1863 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Tullahoma, TN
11803 Poe38 March 25, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Tullahoma, TN
11802 Poe37 March 16, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Tuscaloosa County, AL
11798 Poe33 October 5, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Coffee County, TN
11795 Poe30 September 15, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Chattanooga, TN
11794 Poe29 September 13, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Chattanooga, TN
11788 Poe23 August 20, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe Chattanooga, TN
11787 Poe22 August 18, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian 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
11785 Poe20 July 27, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Chattanooga, TN
11784 Poe19 July 19, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe , Rhoda Poe Mobile County, AL
11783 Poe18 July 18, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Mobile County, AL

Received Letters

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

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