William Jackson Brinson

Mustered into service as a Private on August 29th, 1862

Died of wounds received at the Battle of South Mountain in 1862.

Private Brinson's final resting place has not been found. When he died he left a wife and three children including a son William what was born after his father left for the war. Emily Brinson his widow died in March of 1871 leaving the children as orphans. Below is a photo of her headstone located in the Union Cemetery, Delaware County Indiana.