William Snowden
Name: William Snowden
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 39th USCT Inf.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: Samuel Piper
Place of Birth/Residence: Washington County, MD
Enlistment Date: 03/31/1864
Company: K
Slave at Enlistment?: Yes
Rank at End of Service: Private
Source(s):
Roger Keller, Roster of Civil War Soldiers from Washington County, Maryland (Clearfield Co.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1998); L. Allison Wilmer, J. H. Jarrett and Geo. W. F. Vernon, History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-5, Volume 2 (Baltimore: Guggenheimer, Weil, & Co., 1899), 284; Adjutant General, "Civil War Muster Rolls, 1864-1867," MSA-S-936-51, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD; Folder No. 49; Maryland Comptroller of the Treasury, "Bounty Rolls, 1864-1880," S629, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD, microfilm copy at Maryland Room, Frederick County Public Libraries, Frederick, MD, 228, right.
