Person:William Bastin (3)

WILLIAM M. BASTIN By far, this was the most interesting file of the three. Unfortunately, there was no physical description of him in the file. He was wounded twice during the war and was taken POW once. He sustained a slight wound to his right wrist on December 31, 1862 at Murfreesboro or Stone River, Tennessee. His name is listed on the Casualty Sheet of Wounded. Although the injury was listed as "slight", he was captured and taken Prisoner of War, confined at Richmond, VA. He was paroled at City Point on January 26, 1863 and reported at Camp Parole, Md on January 27, 1863 and was reassigned.

The second time he was injured was during the Atlanta Campaign. (Our relatives didn't fair well in Atlanta, but they did survive it.) In July 1864 he sustained a "flesh wound of leg". His name as listed on the Casualty Sheet of Wounded was Wm. M. Bascomb/Bastian. There was a note in the file that there was no other man in the unit that the Bascomb could have referred to and that Wm. M Bascomb was "Accepted as referring to William M Bastian".

Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:47:12 From: Glenda Bastin <presley@ecc-uky.campus.mci.net> To: BASTIN-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.16.19980622134712.23bf0c26@ecc-uky.campus.mci.net> Subject: Wm. M. Bastin - Declaration for Invalid Pension Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Today, I received from the National Archives the Pension File on William M. Bastin. As you may recall, William is the eldest son of Thomas "Tommie" Bastin, III.

William M. Bastin was a Private in Co. E, 3rd Ky. Vol. Infantry. Following is his Declaration for Original Invalid Pension.

Glenda

DECLARATION FOR ORIGINAL INVALID PENSION

STATE OF: Kentucky COUNTY OF: Metcalfe

On this 16th day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty three personally appeared before me a Deputy Clerk, of the Metcalfe County Court, a court of record within and for the County and State aforesaid, William M. Bastin, aged 41 years, a resident of Centre, County of Metcalf, State of Ky., who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical William M. Bastion who entered service under the name of William M. Bastion on or about the 17 day of Aug. 1861 as Private in company "E" of the 3 regiment of Ky. Inf. Vols. commanded by Capt. Jas. A. Riousaw and was honorably DISCHARGED at Louisville Ky., on or about the 8 day of Oct., 1864, by reason of Expiration of term of service that his personal description is as follows: Age, 41 years; height, 5 feet 6 inches; complexion, fair; hair, auburn; eyes, hazel. That while a member of the organization aforesaid, in the service and in the line of his duty at battle of Peach Tree Creek, in the State of Ga., on or about the 20 day of July, 1864, he received gunshot wound of Right leg below the knee. That he was treated in hospitals as follows: In a field Hospital on the Battlefield near Peach Tree Creek for five or Six days, then was taken to a Hospital at Nashville Tennessee.

That he has not been employed in the military or naval service otherwise than as stated above. That since the 8 day of Oct., A. D. 1864, he has not been employed in the military or naval service of the United States. That since leaving the service this applicant has resided in the Town of Centre, in the State of Ky. and his occupation has been that of a farmer. That prior to his entry into the service above named he was a man of good, sound, physical health, being when enrolled a farmer. That he is now In Part disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labor by reason of his injuries above described, received in the service of the United States; and he therefore makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the invalid pension roll of the United States.

He hereby appoints, with full power of substitution and revocation, George E. Lemon, of Washington, D.C., his true and lawful Attorney to prosecute his claim. That he has received pension Ctf No. 224 837. That his Post-office Address is Centre, county of Metcalf, State of Ky.

Signed William M. Bastin Claimant's Signature

Tow witnesses to Claimant's Signature sign here: (1) J. B. Lane (2) W. T. Pace

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   Footnote: William M. Bastin death certificate _FOOT: William M. Bastin death certificate