William Homer Bailey (1824 - 1893)

Born 27 Jan 1824 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Alzina Ann (Ball) Bailey — married 1 Jun 1845 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 7 Jun 1893 at age 69 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

William was born on January 27, 1824 in Milford, Massachusetts to William Bailey and Anna Homer Tilton.^[1] William married Alzina Ann Ball in Milford on June 1, 1845.^[2] William and Alzina had a daughter Anna in 1846 who died in 1948. About a year later, their son William Henry Bailey was born, followed 7 years later by another son Walter George Bailey in 1849. A third son, Edward Martin Bailey, was born in August 1858 and a fourth son, Daniel Alton Bailey, was born in 1861.

On August 30, 1862, William volunteered for the Union Army, mustering with the 36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Company I in Worcester Massachusetts. ^[3]

Shortly after the war ended (Nov 1865), youngest son Alton died of diptheria. Youngest child Eva Bailey was born on 2 Apr 1867 but only lived seven months.

By 1870, William and Alzina had moved west with their two youngest sons Walter and Edward to Trail Creek, Missouri,^[4] however they returned to Westborough, Massachusetts in late 1873, shortly after Alzina's mother Betsey Lincoln Ball died.

William Bailey served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 30 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 19 Jun 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company I, 36th Massachusetts

Civil War Travels of William H. Bailey^[7]

Camp Wool, Worcester, Mass - Washington - Antietam - Fredericksburg, Virginia - Newport News, Virginia - Baltimore, Maryland - Wheeling, Virginia (West Virginia) - Cincinnati, Ohio - Covington, Kentucky - Louisville, Kentucky - New Albany, Indiana - Indianapolis - Washington, Illinois - Cairo, Illinois - Killdale -Vicksburg - Cairo - Vicksburg - Jackson - Pearl River - Cincinnati - Covesiton, Ky - Crab Orchard, Ky - Knoxville, Tennessee - Strawberry Plains - Cincinnati - Indianapolis - Washington - Alexandria - Spotsylvania - Fredericksburg - Cold Harbor - White House Landing - North Anna - Petersburg - City Point - Richmond - Washington - Readville, Mass - W. Upton, Mass

Military

Battle Unit Details: 36th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry

OVERVIEW: Organized at Worcester and mustered in August 30, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 2, thence moved to Leesburg, Va., September 9, and to Pleasant Valley. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1863, and Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, and Army Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. Ohio, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1865.

SERVICE: Duty at Pleasant Valley, Md., till October 26. March to Lovettsville, Va., October 26-29, and to Warrenton October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 10, thence to Lexington, Ky., March 19-23. Duty at Camp Dick Robinson, Ky., April 9-30, and at Middleburg till May 23. March to Columbia May 23-26. Expedition toward Cumberland River after Morgan May 27-30. Jamestown June 2. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 7-14. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At Milldale till August 5. Moved to Covington, Ky., August 5-12, and to Crab Orchard August 17-18. March across Cumberland Mountains to East Tennessee September 10-22. Near Knoxville September 27-October 3. Action at Blue Springs October 10. At Lenoir October 29-November 14. Knoxville Campaign November-December. Lenoir Station November 14-15. Campbell's Station November 17. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 4. Pursuit of Longstreet December 5-19. Operations in East Tennessee till March 21, 1864. Strawberry Plains January 21-22. Moved from Knoxville, Tenn., to Covington, Ky., thence to Annapolis, Md., March 21-April 6. Rapidan Campaign May-June. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Stannard's Mills May 21. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Peebles' Farm September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. At Fort Rice till April, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. March to Cumberland Church April 3-9. Moved to Petersburg and City Point, thence to Alexandria April 20-28. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 8, 1865, and discharged from service June 21, 1865. Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 105 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 160 Enlisted men by disease. Total 274.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXP-R5C)
2. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4QK-1Y3)
3. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=1265DF7D-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
4. ↑ United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M467-C1H)
5. ↑ Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWZR-X6X)
6. ↑ Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1L-QZBL)
7. ↑ REMENISENCES OF MY EXPERIENCE IN THE GREAT REBELLION By Mr. William Homer Bailey, 1892
8. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UMA0036RI

• U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles; (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=civilwar_histdatasys&h=3692481&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt)
• Journal of Alzina Bailey, 1897.