William H. Castator

Mustered into service as a Private on July 29th, 1861

Born June 04 1841

Died  31 October 1919

Buried Flynn Cemetery, Lincoln County Oklahoma

Private Castator was captured at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1st, 1863 but returned to the regiment after being paroled on October 27th of that same year. He was transferred to the Veterans Reserve Corps on April 14th, 1864 then discharged for disability the following May for chronic diarrhea.

In 1879 he would file for a pension.

Photo by Sherry Gray Springer