WILLIAM H. WEBB -- 96th INFANTRYDIED IN 1940 - Horatio Webb and Mary Winter were living in Albany whentheir eldest child, William H. Webb enlisted in the 96th Infantry onMarch 31, 1864. At 18 years old, he was mustered into Company K as amusician when he joined the regiment. The regiment was still in NorthCarolina with the 18th Corps of the Department of Virginia and NorthCarolina, but, within a month, they were transferred to the 18th Corpsof the Army of the James and located near Petersburg.William was in the field with the 96th for some time and probably sawthree months of action at Proctor's Creek, Drewry's Bluff, BermudaHundred 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 leftfoot. That was the end of his war.On January 6, 1865, he was transferred to Company H of the 19thRegiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps. He mustered out on November 15,1865, after working there with Union and Confederate soldiers. In all,William was in the military for 1 year, 7 months and 15 days, accordingto the 1890 Veterans Schedules, which also said he was suffering fromrheumatism and recurrent malaria.He came back to Plattsburgh and established himself as a printer. Hemarried, but became widowed and by 1930, he was living in a boardinghouse in Brattleboro, VT.William lived for another ten years. He died of arteriosclerosis andpulmonary pneumonia when he was 93 years, 2 months and 26 days old onJanuary 21, 1940. He was buried under a military stone in the ProspectHill Cemetery in Brattleboro.
