William A. Clark
William A. Clark was born around 1839 in Connecticut to William and Mary Clark. His father was a farm laborer and carriage maker. The family lived in Fairfield County, Connecticut. He married Pheebe Webb, and their son Howard was born around 1866. By the early 1860s, they were living in Danbury, Connecticut.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 1, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company C of the 17th Connecticut Infantry on August 28. The regiment took part in the Battle of Chancellorsville and the Battle of Gettysburg. He was probably wounded in the summer of 1863, and he spent several months recovering at Carver Hospital in Washington, D.C. Eventually, he began working at the hospital. In November 1863, he wrote that he felt a "duty" not to "let my brother soldier die unheard." He added that he would "rather be at the front in line of Battle than lay here an sea men suffer it [is] no very desireable job...and the man that can stand it is a strong minded man." 
 
In May 1864, Union officials transferred him to Company D of the 19th Veterans Reserve Corps. He remained in Washington, and by 1864, he was serving as a hospital nurse. He supported President Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1864. He mustered out on August 19, 1865.
 
He returned to Danbury after the war, and he earned a living as a hatter. By 1870, he owned $300 of personal property. He died in Danbury on February 20, 1880.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(4636)Clark, William A.18391880-02-20
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 54

  • (4193) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 15 November 1863
  • (13073) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 27 September 1862
  • (13074) [writer] ~ Samuel G. Clark and William A. Clark to William E. Clark and Mary Clark, 22 November 1862
  • (13165) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark, 26 October 1862
  • (13166) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 1 December 1862
  • (13167) [writer] ~ Samuel G. Clark and William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 6 December 1862
  • (13168) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 22 December 1862
  • (13169) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 7 January 1863
  • (13170) [writer] ~ Samuel G. Clark and William A. Clark to William E. Clark and Mary Clark, 23 January 1863
  • (13171) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 11 February 1863
  • (13172) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 3 May 1863
  • (13173) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to Sister, 8 June 1863
  • (13178) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 25 July 1863
  • (13179) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 26 August 1863
  • (13180) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 9 September 1863
  • (13181) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to Mary Clark et al., 22 September 1863
  • (13182) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 21 October 1863
  • (13183) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 7 November 1863
  • (13184) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 11 November 1863
  • (13185) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 4 December 1863
  • (13186) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 13 December 1863
  • (13187) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 30 December 1863
  • (13188) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 7 February 1864
  • (13189) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 20 February 1864
  • (13190) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 12 March 1864
  • (13191) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 23 January 1864
  • (13192) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 1 May 1864
  • (13193) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 14 May 1864
  • (13194) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 29 May 1864
  • (13195) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 1 June 1864
  • (13196) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 21 June 1864
  • (13197) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 30 June 1864
  • (13198) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 8 July 1864
  • (13199) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 24 July 1864
  • (13200) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 4 August 1864
  • (13201) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 10 August 1864
  • (13202) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to George E. Clark, 27 August 1864
  • (13203) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 27 August 1864
  • (13204) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 10 September 1864
  • (13205) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 3 October 1864
  • (13206) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 12 October 1864
  • (13207) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 23 October 1864
  • (13233) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to George E. Clark, 7 December 1864
  • (13234) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to Sister, 7 December 1864
  • (13235) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to Jesse Clark, 7 December 1864
  • (13236) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 7 December 1864
  • (13237) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 27 December 1864
  • (13238) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 8 January 1865
  • (13239) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 25 January 1865
  • (13240) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 9 February 1865
  • (13241) [writer] ~ William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 15 March 1865
  • (13242) [associated with] ~ Pheebe J. Webb to Helen Webb, 3 July 1865
  • (13243) [associated with] ~ Pheebe J. Webb to Helen Webb, 30 July 1865
  • (13246) [associated with] ~ A. J. Nickson Statement, 26 March 1865

People - Records: 9

  • (5525) Webb, Pheebe J. is the [wife of] (4636) Clark, William A.
  • (5526) Clark, William E. is the [parent of] (4636) Clark, William A.
  • (5527) Clark, Mary is the [parent of] (4636) Clark, William A.
  • (5528) Webb, Helen is the [sibling-in-law of] (4636) Clark, William A.
  • (5547) Clark, Samuel G. is the [sibling of] (4636) Clark, William A.
  • (5548) Clark, Josephine is the [sibling of] (4636) Clark, William A.
  • (5549) Clark, Rebecca Jane is the [sibling of] (4636) Clark, William A.
  • (5550) Clark, George E. is the [sibling of] (4636) Clark, William A.
  • (5551) Clark, Jesse is the [sibling of] (4636) Clark, William A.

Places - Records: 2

  • (294) [birth] ~ Connecticut
  • (2355) [death] ~ Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut

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Regiments - Records: 2

  • (604) [enlisted] [D] ~ 19th Veteran Reserve Corps
  • (1010) [enlisted] [C] ~ 17th Connecticut Infantry
SOURCES

1870 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; 1880 Federal Mortality Schedule, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Danbury (CT) News, 25 February 1880; “Private William A. Clark – Company C,” An Online History of the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry during the U.S. Civil War, available from 17thcvi.org; William A. Clark to William E. Clark et al., 7 November 1863, DL1864.017, Nau Collection