Judge William Peace Gaddis.Birth: Dec. 27, 1841, Kellyton, Coosa County, Alabama.
Death: Mar. 24, 1899, Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama.
Burial: Wetumpka City Cemetery, Wetumpka, Elmore County Alabama.
Photo provided by Naomi McFadden.
In 1861, he enlisted in the early part of the year in the C. S. Army, joining Co. B, Twelfth Alabama Infantry, was made sergeant, and served until the fall of that year when he was discharged because of ill health. In the spring of 1862 he entered the Second Alabama Cavalry as a second lieutenant; was promoted a year later to first lieutentant; and in June 1863 was retired on account of wounds received at Mud Creek, Miss.
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