William J. Barradall, student 1854-1855

William J. Barradall enlisted as a private in Co. F of the 9th Virginia Infantry on May 18, 1861. He was promoted to corporal on May 3, 1862. He was taken prisoner at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 and sent to the prison camp at Fort Delaware on July 5, 1863. He was transferred from Fort Delaware to the prison at Point Lookout, MD in October 1863. Barradall died of disease (diarrhea) at the prison camp at Point Lookout on March 25, 1864 and was buried in an unnumbered grave, and a note on the record indicates his "effects given to friends before death."