A drawing of the Maple Leaf as she appeared in 1863.

Sibley, William L.

Birth: 
Oct. 5, 1827
Washington Parish, Louisiana

Death: Feb. 26, 1903
Atkins, Pope County, Arkansas
Burial:  Atkins City Cemetery
             Atkins, Pope County, Arkansas



Military Service:  Second Lieutenant, 25th Louisiana
                             Company K
                             Wounded and Captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, January 4, 1863
                             Transferred from Fort Monroe to Fort Delaware June 13, 1863
                             From Fort Delaware to Johnson's Island and from there to City Point
                               where he was exchanged February 16, 1865.
                             Paroled at Marion, Alabama, May 15, 1865
                             Resident of Lake Providence, Louisiana
                             Member of the Gratoit Group
                              Due to wounds, declined to escape the Maple Leaf

Personal Information:
                 Married: Margaret "Maggie" C. Graves
                                3 Feb 1866
                                East Carroll Parish, Louisiana

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