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Russell, William Bass

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 26, credited to Vermont Unit(s): 14th AR Service: Apptd Surgeon, 14th AR INF, 5/23/62; SURG, 23rd AR INF on 7/10/63, pow, Port Hudson, 8/24/63, prld 11/8/63, no further record att [College: CMS 58p] See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 1836, Vermont Death: 1867 Burial: Cypress Grove Cemetery #2, New Orleans, LA Marker/Plot: No_Marker Gravestone photographer: Findagrave Memorial #: 128670692 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not found Portrait?: Unknown College?: CMS 58 Veterans Home?: Not Found (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: Died of yellow fever; assumed to be buried here, cemetery now defunct. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice Cypress Grove Cemetery #2, New Orleans, LA (defunct) Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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BIOGRAPHY

The eldest son, William B., graduated at Castleton, Vermont, in 1858, and for two years thereafter was engaged in the practice of medicine in Middlebury, going thence in the fall of 1859, to New Orleans, where he entered the First Washington Artillery for service in the Civil war. He was appointed surgeon general in the Confederate army, and was captured at the surrender of Port Hudson. After the close of the war he returned to New Orleans, where he followed the practice of his profession. He married Viola, the daughter of S. E. Brown, his former captain, and his death occurred of yellow fever in 1867.

Source: Hiram Carleton; Genealogical and Family History of Vermont, Volume 2 off-site p. 324