William H. Farrar enlisted in Company F of the 14th Virginia Infantry on July 21, 1861 at Boydton, Virginia when he was 19 years old. He was wounded and captured on the third day at Gettysburg and returned to Confederate forces on April 1, 1864. He was wounded again on May 10, 1864 at Chester Station, Virginia which resulted in the amputation of his thumb at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond. After, he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on November 3, 1864. He surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865 at Appomatox Court House. Farrar died in 1916 in Baskerville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
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