He was a lawyer and real estate operator in San Antonio, Texas after the Civil War.

[1][2][6][7] As part of the Army of Mississippi at the Battle of Shiloh under Brigadier General James Patton Anderson and Major General Braxton Bragg, the 9th Texas Infantry Regiment, was decimated and routed by an Illinois artillery battery.

[2][3][12] He was wounded in the right shoulder and had two horses shot from under him at the Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), December 31, 1862.

[3] Young was wounded in the right thigh at the Battle of Jackson, Mississippi, July 13, 1863, while fighting with General Joseph E. Johnston's forces in the Vicksburg Campaign.

[1][6][7][12] On July 27, 1864, Young took command of his regiment's brigade in Major General Samuel Gibbs French's division of III Corps, Army of Tennessee, when its commander, Brigadier General Mathew Ector was seriously wounded.

[1][2] He was wounded, lost his left foot, had his horse shot from under him and was captured at the Battle of Allatoona, Georgia on October 5, 1864.

[1][2][6][7] William Hugh Young died on November 28, 1901, at San Antonio, Texas.