Three of Ambrose Dudley and Sara Whitfield Bourne's sons served the Confederacy.  All survived the war, lead long and productive lives, and now rest in Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksville.

 

William enlisted in Company "L", 14th Tennessee Infantry at Camp Duncan, near Clarksville, on May 31, 1861, as a private.  He was discharged due to disability at Gordonsville, Virginia, on August 4, 1862.  The surgeons certificate says the disability is due to insufficiency of the heart. His rank at discharge was private.

 

William’s regiment was deployed to Virginia shortly after its formation in May 1861, and first saw action at the battle of Seven Pines, May 31 and June 1, 1862.  It participated in the Seven Battles Before Richmond (Oak Grove, Beaver Dam Creek, Gaines Mill, Savage’s Station, Glendale, Malvern Hill) on June 25 through July 1, 1862.

Information from Compiled Military Service Records, NARA