CS Pryor, William Hamlin

William Hamlin Pryor​

Born: September 25, 1827

Birthplace: Elmwood, Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Father: Samuel Pryor

Mother: Mary Ann Hamlin

Wife: Margaret Walker 1831 – 1903

(Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia)​

Half Brother: Brig. General Roger Atkinson Pryor 1828 – 1919

(Buried: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey)​

Children:

Samuel Morris Pryor 1856 – 1901​

(Buried: Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, New York)​

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Margaret Pryor Callum 1860 – 1952​

(Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​

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Peachy Gilmer Pryor 1867 – 1920​

(Buried: Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, Washington)​

Education:

1848: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute – (14th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

Civil Engineer in Virginia​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: 2nd​ Lt. Company C, 3rd​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Adjutant of 3rd​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Captain Company C, 3rd​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1864: Major of 3rd​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Acting Regimental Commander at Battle of Gettysburg​

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1863: In hospital at Richmond, and Charlottesville, Virginia​

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1864: Board of officers found him to be "an equal to a drill officer"​

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1864 – 1865: Lt. Colonel of 3rd​ Virginia Infantry Regiment

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1865: At Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, suffering from scabies​

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1865: Signed his parole at his home in Nelson County on May 12th​​

Occupation after War:

Civil Engineer in Charlottesville, Virginia​

Died: February 28, 1912

Place of Death: Charlottesville, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 84 years old

Burial Place: Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia

 

[Pollaco]

Was it the same Board of Officers that said he was "an equal to a drill officer" that also said Pryor had "scarcely an equal as an officer"?