STARKE, William Edwin

Confederate

Born: 1814, Brunswick Cty VA

Died: September 17 1862, Sharpsburg MD

Pre-War Profession: Stagecoach operator, cotton broker.

War Service: 1861 aide to Garnett in West Virginia, September 1861 Col. of 60th Virginia, Seven Days, August 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Taliaferro's division when he became wounded at Second Manassas, commanded again at Sharpsburg (mw).

Post War: In mid-September, Starke's Brigade was part of the force under Stonewall Jackson that captured the large Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, after which they marched into Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 16. Starke was shot three times and died within an hour.