Background
Mccomb, William was born on November 21, 1828 in Mercer Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Malcom and Jane Mccomb.
Mccomb, William was born on November 21, 1828 in Mercer Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Malcom and Jane Mccomb.
Educated Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. Special studies in engineering and machine work. Went to Tennessee, 1854.
Was engaged in developing the manufacturing interest in Southern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee, until 1861.
He took up residence in Clarksville, Tennessee, in 1854. He erected a flour mill in Cumberland County and was involved in various manufacturing interests. Soon after his enlistment, McComb was elected second lieutenant, then major of his regiment.
The 14th Tennessee was part of Brigade
General James Archer"s brigade in A.P. Hill"s "Light Division" of the Army of Northern Virginia. McComb was wounded in several battles, including Gaines" Mill, Antietam, and Chancellorsville.
In August 1863, he took command of Brigade General Cadmus M. Wilcox"s old Alabama brigade.
He commanded this unit through the Overland Campaign and on through the Siege of St. Petersburg.
He was finally promoted to brigadier general on January 20, 1865. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House. After the war, McComb lived in Alabama and Mississippi, eventually settling in Gordonsville, Louisa County, Virginia, where he was a farmer for nearly fifty years.
McComb died on his plantation.
He was buried in Mechanicsville Cemetery in Boswells, Virginia.
Married Louisa Company, Virginia, October 6, 1868, Nannie H. Quarles.