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 Lettersort descending Date Author Recipient From To
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
11777 Poe12 June 16, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe Mobile County, AL
11778 Poe13 June 14, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Mobile County, AL
11781 Poe16 June 27, 1862 William S. Poe James Poe Mobile County, AL
11782 Poe17 June 27, 1862 William S. Poe Rhoda 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
11768 Poe3 April 30, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Nancy Poe , Apsanah Poe Bedford County, 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
11769 Poe4 May 8, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Nancy Poe , Apsanah Poe TN
11805 Poe40 April 26, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Asa T. Poe , Mary Poe Tullahoma, TN
11807 Poe42 May 27, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Apsanah Poe TN
11808 Poe43 June 9, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , James Poe , Mary McMillian Poe , Nancy Poe Jackson, MS
11810 Poe45 June 14, 1863 William S. Poe Rhoda Poe , Nancy Poe , Apsanah 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

Received Letters

Displaying 1 - 7 of 7
ID Lettersort descending Date Author Recipient From To
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
11772 Poe7 June 14, 1862 Rhoda Poe William S. Poe Fayette County, AL

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