WILLIAM H. WEBB -- 96th INFANTRY DIED IN 1940 - Horatio Webb and Mary Winter were living in Albany when their eldest child, William H. Webb enlisted in the 96th Infantry on March 31, 1864. At 18 years old, he was mustered into Company K as a musician when he joined the regiment. The regiment was still in North Carolina with the 18th Corps of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, but, within a month, they were transferred to the 18th Corps of the Army of the James and located near Petersburg. William was in the field with the 96th for some time and probably saw three months of action at Proctor's Creek, Drewry's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred and Cold Harbor as well as several minor battles. As of July 1, 1864, he was in hospital sick and with a shrapnel wound in his left foot. That was the end of his war. On January 6, 1865, he was transferred to Company H of the 19th Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps. He mustered out on November 15,1 865, after working there with Union and Confederate soldiers. In all, William was in the military for 1 year, 7 months and 15 days, accordingt o the 1890 Veterans Schedules, which also said he was suffering from rheumatism and recurrent malaria. He came back to Plattsburgh and established himself as a printer. He married, but became widowed and by 1930, he was living in a boarding house in Brattleboro, VT. William lived for another ten years. He died of arteriosclerosis and pulmonary pneumonia when he was 93 years, 2 months and 26 days old onJanuary 21, 1940. He was buried under a military stone in the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro.
