William Anderson Stephens
William Anderson Stephens was born around 1831 in Georgia to Solomon Stephens and Sarah Barron. He married Susan Hodnett in Troup County, Georgia, on April 10, 1860, and they had at least two children: William, born around 1861; and Mary, born around 1862. He enlisted in the Confederate army in the spring of 1862 and mustered into the 46th Alabama Infantry. He was captured in July 1863 when Confederate forces in Vicksburg, Mississippi, surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. He was exchanged that October and returned to his regiment, and he took part in the Atlanta Campaign in 1864. He was captured again that fall and sent to the Union prison camp at Johnson’s Island, Ohio. He died there on March 15, 1865.
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(317)Stephens, William Anderson18311865-03-15
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in:
  • Rank out:
  • Rank highest: 1st Lieutenant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 25

  • (482) [recipient] ~ George T. Hodnett to William A. Stephens and Susan Stephens, 26 June 1860
  • (5026) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 26 January 1864
  • (5027) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 31 January 1864
  • (5028) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 11 February 1864
  • (5029) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 22 February 1864
  • (5030) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 27 February 1864
  • (5031) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, undated
  • (5032) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 10 April 1864
  • (5033) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 17 April 1864
  • (5034) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 29 April 1864
  • (5035) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 7 May 1864
  • (5036) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 18 May 1864
  • (5037) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 28 July 1864
  • (5038) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 6 August 1864
  • (5039) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Unknown, undated
  • (5040) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, undated
  • (5041) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 11 September 1864
  • (5042) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 21 September 1864
  • (5043) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 31 October 1864
  • (5044) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 18 November 1864
  • (5045) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 6 December 1864
  • (5046) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, 22 February 1865
  • (5047) [associated with] ~ John F. Mack to Susan Stephens, 11 March 1891
  • (5048) [recipient] ~ Susan Stephens to William A. Stephens, 24 November 1859
  • (5049) [writer] ~ William A. Stephens to Susan Stephens, undated

People - Records: 13

  • (317) Stephens, William Anderson is the [sibling-in-law of] (304) Hodnett, John W.
  • (317) Stephens, William Anderson is the [sibling-in-law of] (305) Hodnett, Mary Elizabeth
  • (317) Stephens, William Anderson is the [sibling-in-law of] (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin
  • (317) Stephens, William Anderson is the [sibling-in-law of] (308) Hodnett, Samuel G.
  • (317) Stephens, William Anderson is the [sibling-in-law of] (309) Hodnett, William Henry Harrison
  • (317) Stephens, William Anderson is the [sibling-in-law of] (311) Hodnett, Thomas Jefferson
  • (317) Stephens, William Anderson is the [sibling-in-law of] (314) Hodnett, Robert Ridley
  • (317) Stephens, William Anderson is the [sibling-in-law of] (315) Hodnett, George Troup
  • (317) Stephens, William Anderson is the [husband of] (316) Stephens, Susan
  • (312) Hodnett, William Collier is the [parent-in-law of] (317) Stephens, William Anderson
  • (313) Hodnett, Caroline is the [parent-in-law of] (317) Stephens, William Anderson
  • (969) Stephens, Edmond Barron is the [sibling of] (317) Stephens, William Anderson
  • (970) Stephens, Sarah is the [parent of] (317) Stephens, William Anderson

Places - Records: 2

  • (298) [birth] ~ Georgia
  • (167) [death] ~ Johnson's Island, Ottawa County, Ohio

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (4) [enlisted] ~ 46th Alabama Infantry
SOURCES

Guide to the “William Anderson Stephens Papers, 1862-1865,” Emory University, available from https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/stephens324.