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Personal data William Harrison Casdorph 

• Alternative names: William H Casdorph, William H. Casdorph, Harrison Casdorph, William H H Casdorph
• He was born about 1839 in Kanawha Two Mile, Kanawha, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten.Sources 5, 6
• Alternative: He was born about 1841 in Kanawha Two Mile, Kanawha, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten.Source 4
• Resident:
• in the year 1860: Kanawha, West Virginia, USA.Source 5
• in the year 1850: District 29, Kanawha, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten.Source 6
• He died on March 11, 1864 in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, Verenigde Staten.

  of Typhoid in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA (Civil War)

• A child of Azariah Casdorph and Mary Polly A Jones

Household of William Harrison Casdorph

Notes about William Harrison Casdorph

1) Willian Harrison Casdorph was a Private in Captain George W. Brown's
Company "A" of the 7th Regiment of Volunteers. He joined on 7/21/1861 and
was mustered into the service of the United States on 11/8/1861. He was
captured by "the Rebels" on 12/19/1863 and died in Liberty Prison at Richmond Virginia on
March 11, 1864 of Typhoid while a Prisoner of War.

2) William Harrison Casdorph's military papers describe him, at the age of
21, as being 5'11" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, and light hair.
Lieutenant Caleb Henry Casdorph, Union Army, was the son of John and Casdorph and Delilah Lacy. His first cousin Harrison, son of Azariah Casdorph. Both were captured by the confederates during the civil war, and were prisoners of war for approx. 18 months in Libby Prison, Virginia. They suffered severe hardship because of lack of food, medical care and shelter. The prison was policed by a number of dogs to assist confederate soldiers. On one occasion, some of the dogs disappeared and were thought to have been destroyed by the prisoners. Retaliation was sought by taking the life of an imprisoned officer for each missing dog, because of the scarcity of food, the prisoners were rationed one cup of meal a day. Harrison became quite ill, as did many others in the camp, and death was a daily occurrence. one day Caleb took the ration of meal out in the yard, took cook it into a gruel for his cousin, upon returning to his bedside, he found Harrison dead. The release of prisoners by the advancing union armies, some time later, found the health of Caleb so impaired by the sever deprivations, that he was unable to return to active duty for sometime.

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