Sabine County Louisiana Archives Military Records.....Holloway, William H. 1893
Mexican Co. H, lst Alabama Infantry Volunteers


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Congressional Committee Report
William H. Holloway, resident of Sabine Parish, LA 1870
Senate Report no. 1244 on H.R. 9437, 1893, Reports of Committees of the Senate
of the United States for the Second Session of the Fifty-second Congress and the
Special Session commenced March 5, 1893 (Washington: Government Printing
Office). Online < http://books.google.com>.
William H. Holloway.  Committee on Military Affairs recommened the passage of
H.R. 9437 for the removal of the charge of desertion against Wm. H. Holloway.
Summary: William H. Holloway was a veteran of the War with Mexicon. He was a
corporal in Co. H, lst Alabama Infantry Volunteers, Cpt. Youngbloods Co. He
enrolled 17 June 1846 at Troy, Pike County, Alabama and served until 31 October
1846 when he contracted diarrhea and measles and was furloughed home to Pike
County, Alabama where he was bedridden for three or four months at the home of
his step-father, Henry Bloxom. Before his recovery his unit was disbanded and
his enlistment was up. 
He landed at Brazes Santiago about 4 July 1846 and went to Matamoros. When he
became ill, he was sent home on the steamer, Alabama and went to his
stepfather's in November or December of 1846.
William Holloway signed an affidavit on 30 January 1892.  Also signing
affidavits on his behalf were Rev. J.M. Franklin of Sabine Parish, Louisianna
and John J. Byles, surveyor of Louisianna and Dr. Henry Farrier, attending
physician.
His petition was denied because no record of his illness existed.

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