MERRILL William F.^[1]

1841 - 1863  (21 years)

• Name	MERRILL William F.
  Birth	14 Sep 1841	Freeport, Cumberland, Maine   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	5 Sep 1850	Freeport, Cumberland, Maine   [4]
  	(age 8.)
  Military	Between 29 Aug 1862 and 2 Jul 1863	Freeport, Cumberland, Maine   [5, 6]
  	(20th Maine Infantry, Co. K; KIA at Gettysburg
  _UID	29C950CC05CD1643AFA47F9C3EDE24AF96D8
  Death	2 Jul 1863	Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania   [2, 7]
  	(ae. 21y.)
  Burial	Aft 2 Jul 1863	Pownal, Cumberland, Maine   [2, 7]
  	Address: Merrill Cemetery
  	(row 2B-3 . "Killed in battle at Gettysburg, Pa." "How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle.")
  		William F. Merrill gravestone Row 2B-3
  Notes	He enlisted as a Private from Freeport in Company K, 20th Infantry Regiment Maine on 29 August 1862. The regiment was organized that date in Portland and William would have been 18 at the time of his enlistment. He was killed, as a member of that unit, on 2 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Prior to Gettysburg the unit history is as follows: Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17, 1862. Shephardstown September 19. Advance to Falmouth, Va., October-November. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Expedition to Richards and Ellis Fords December 20-30. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 12-July 24. Aldie June 17. Upperville and Upperville June 21. Middleburg June 24.
  Person ID	I33557	Old North Yarmouth, Maine
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	MERRILL William, Jr.,   b. 25 Mar 1808, Pownal, Cumberland, Massachusetts [Maine] d. 23 May 1887 (Age 79 years)
  Mother	WHITNEY Emeline L.,   b. 3 Feb 1809, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts [Maine] d. 26 Jan 1884 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1830	Portland, Cumberland, Maine   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F2720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 14 Sep 1841 - Freeport, Cumberland, Maine Census - 5 Sep 1850 - Freeport, Cumberland, Maine Military - (20th Maine Infantry, Co. K; KIA at Gettysburg - Between 29 Aug 1862 and 2 Jul 1863 - Freeport, Cumberland, Maine Death - 2 Jul 1863 - Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania Burial - Address: Merrill Cemetery - Aft 2 Jul 1863 - Pownal, Cumberland, Maine  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S2384] Internet-Database-American Civil War Soldiers. [S1714] CD-Maine Cemetery Inscriptions Cumberland County, Merrill Cemetery, Pownal, Maine. [S51] IGI, Fische 0010917 Vital records, 1789-1895 Freeport (Maine). Town Clerk . [S103] Census-1850-ME-Cumberland-Freeport, Roll: M432_249; Page: 23; Image: 47. [S2384] Internet-Database-American Civil War Soldiers, Side served: Union; State served: Maine; Enlistment date: 29 Aug 1862. [S2385] Internet-Database-U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, Film Number: M543 roll 14 . [S32] Death-gravestone, Merrill Cemetery, Pownal, Maine. [S6] Book-North Yarmouth-Old Times of North Yarmouth, Maine, p.592, ME 974.1 CO. [S8] Book-Cumberland County Marriage Returns, p.126 [Bennett Tyler returns between Apr.1, 1830 and Mar. 31, 1831 p.95].