Company Unknown
Sergeant
“William Ennever, serving as Commissary Sergeant with the 158th New York. He was badly wounded in the explosion at Bachelors Creek and died two days later in the hospital in New Bern. Age 19. Admitted May 26th, 1864. Died May 28th, 1864.
He was buried in the Ellis Family Tomb. Cedar Grove Cemetery. No record that he was moved.
The original New York Herald article reporting this event, among others, and the details of his funeral. The column is called: “News From North Carolina. Additional Details of the Calamity at Bachelor’s Creek. Complete list of casualties.”
he lived in Philadelphia before his enlistment and his “Nativity” was England.”
William Ennever was a druggist from Philadelphia. He died at Foster General Hospital in New Berne. According to the U.S. Registry of Death of Volunteers, the attending physician who certified his death was G.A Cowgill, Surgeon, U.S.Vol.