William English enlisted on4/22/1861 as a Private into “G” Co. PA 6th Infantry Regiment and was mustered out on7/27/1861 at Harrisburg, PA.  

Organization and Service:

Organized at Harrisburg April 22, 1861.
Moved to Philadelphia April 22, and duty there till May 7.
Duty along Pittsburg, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad May 7-28.
One Company at Newark, one Company at Chesspeaks City, one Company at North East, one Company at Charleston, three Companies at Elkton and three Companies at Perryville.
Moved to Chambersburg May 28.
Attached to George H. Thomas' Brigade, 1st Division, Patterson's Army.
March to Greencastle June 6.
Cross Potomac and advance on Martinsburg Road June 15.
At Williamsport June 16-24.
At Downsville till July 1.
Filling Waters July 2.
Occupation of Martinsburg July 3.
Advance on Bunker Hill July 15.
Moved to Charleston July 17.
Mustered out July 27, 1861.

Losses:  

None

On 7/1/1863 English mustered into “E” Co. PA 39th Infantry as part of the Pennsylvania Emergency Troops of 1863 for the Confederate invasion which resulted in the Battle of Gettsyburg.  He was mustered out on  8/2/1863

ON 2/27/1864 English enlisted as a Private into “I” Co. PA 7th Cavalry and served until mustered out on8/23/1865.

Organization of 7th Regiment Cavalry (3 Years):

English was with the unit:


1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Cumberland, to November, 1864.
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to July, 1865

Service for the period English was with the unit:

Atlanta Campaign May to September, 1864.
Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
Battle of Resaca May 14-15.
Tanner's Bridge and Rome May 15.
Near Dallas May 24.
Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek
and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.
Near Big Shanty June 9.
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
McAffee's Cross Roads June 11.
Powder Springs June 20.
Noonday Creek June 27.
Line of Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
Rottenwood Creek July 4.
Rossville Ferry July 5.
Line of the Chattahoochie July 6-17.
Garrard's Raid on Covington July 22-24.
Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
Garrard's Raid to South River July 27-31.
Flat Rock Bridge July 28.
Kilpatrick's Raid around Atlanta August 18-22.
Flint River and Jonesborough August 19.
Red Oak August 19.
Lovejoy Station August 20.
Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3.
Carter Creek Station October 1.
Near Columbia October 2.
Near Lost Mountain October 4-7.
New Hope Church October 5.
Dallas October 7.
Rome October 10-11.
Narrows October 11.
Coosaville Road, near Rome, October 13.
Near Summerville October 18.
Little River, Ala., October 20.
Leesburg October 21.
Ladiga, Terrapin Creek, October 28.
Ordered to Louisville, Ky., to refit; duty there till December 28.
March to Nashville, Tenn., December 28-January 8, 1865,
thence to Gravelly Springs, Ala., January 25, and duty there till March.
Wilson's Raid to Selma, Ala., and Macon, Ga., March 22-April 24.
Selma April 2.
Occupation of Montgomery April 12.
Occupation of Macon April 20.
Duty in Georgia and at Nashville, Tenn., till August.
Mustered out August 13, 1865.

Losses:

Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 94 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 5 Officers and 185 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 292.