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Date taken : April 18, 1863 1863
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William Bion Mason described as "5 ft. 8 in. high, dark complexion, dark eyes, dark hair, occupation when enrolled, a County Recorder." He served as captain of Company B, until August 26, 1862, when he was made major, and April 18, 1863, he was made colonel, and served until mustered out December 31, 1864, at the close of the war, his service being three years, five months and four days. He participated in the Battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862, Falling Timbers, Tenn., April 8, 1862, Corinth, Miss., April 30 to May 30, 1862, Little Rock, Ark., September 10, 1863, Okolona, Ark., April 3, 1864, Prairie D'Ann, Ark., April 10 to 13, 1864, Mark's Mills, Ark., April 25, 1864, Jenkins' Ferry, Ark., April 30, 1864, Spanish Fort, Ala., March 26 to April 8, 1865. He was wounded and taken prisoner April 8, 1862, but made his escape in about twenty minutes, and before the Siege of Little Rock, September 4, 1863, he met with a bad accident, Ills horse becoming entangled in some telegraph wire became unmanageable and fell, throwing Col. Mason. After the war he returned to Lowell, as during his absence his family had moved there, but later returned to Marietta, Ohio
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