Pvt. William Pinkney Cline

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William Pinkney Cline ((gravestone: Cleni))

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Catawba, NC, United States
Death: May 05, 1864 (29)
Wilderness, Orange County, VA, United States (The Wilderness battle, Virginia, U.S. Civil War.)
Place of Burial: Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, VA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William "the shoemaker" Cline, Jr. and Susannah "Susie" Cline
Husband of Mary "Katie" Katherine Cline
Father of Henry Robert Cline
Brother of Pvt. Jonathan Davidson Cline; Mahala Easter Hewitt; Pvt. Perry Robert Cline; Pvt William Pinkney Cline; Easter Mahalah Cline and 6 others

Managed by: Dan Cornett
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About Pvt. William Pinkney Cline

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From FindAGrave:

Company K "Catawba Braves" of Catawba County, 46th North Carolina Infantry, Cooke's Brigade, Heth's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Catawba County NC; a 27 year-old blacksmith.

Enlisted on 3/13/1862 at Catawba County, NC., on 4/16/1862 he was mustered into "K" Co. NC 46th Infantry as a Private.

Listed as "Sick in quarters" on the March & April 1863 Roll, he was granted a 12-day furlough. He was late returning and was considered as having deserted 8/19/1863; he returned 9/28/1863 and was arrested. After serving his punishment, he returned to duty 3/30/1864.

The 46th Infantry Regiment, organized in March, 1862, at Camp Magnum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, contained men recruited in the counties of Robeson, Rowan, Burke, Warren, Richmond, Granville, Moore, Randolph, Sampson, and Catawba. The unit suffered 54% disabled of the 540 engaged at The Wilderness.

(bio by: BigFrench) 

Inscription: Surname misspelled on headstone as "Cleni".

Burial: Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA

Plot: Section 13, Row 2, Grave 34; Originally buried 20 yards behind Yankee Cemetery #2 on the Plank Road at Wilderness.

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Pvt. William Pinkney Cline's Timeline

1835
February 28, 1835
Catawba, NC, United States
1861
April 28, 1861
Catawba, NC, United States
1864
May 5, 1864
Age 29
Wilderness, Orange County, VA, United States
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Confederate Cemetery, Section 13, Row 2, Grave 34., Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, VA, United States