Enlisted with Co. A 14th Tennessee Infantry on May 18, 1861 at Camp Duncan under Col. W. A. Quarles. Shown detached to Signal Corps since June 1862. Transferred to Co. E 13th Virginia Cavalry. S.O. #288/4 Dept. and Army of Northern Virginia. Lee. Nov 26, 1864
1860 Census shows Wm. Daniel, 36, born in Tennessee, living in District 24, Bedford, TN with Almeta Daniel, 28, and Jane Daniel, 2. 1870 Census has Wm M. Daniel living in District 24, Bedford, TN with James, 11, Nancy, 8, Charles, 3, and William, 1. 1880 Census has W. M. Daniel living in Hurricane, Moore, TN as a farmer. Also in the house are Nancy, 16, Charles R, 12, and Polley Dillingham, 78.