Dr. William Watts Parker

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Captain Dr. William Watts Parker, 1824-1899. The Richmond medical doctor who organized, recruited & commanded Parker’s “Boy Battery.” It supported from Cherokee Heights (as best it could with faulty Rebel ammunition) the Confederate assault on Fort Sanders.

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Retired Texas daily newspaperman
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