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 1846 - 1910 (64 years)
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| Name |
NOYES Wallace William |
| Birth |
23 Apr 1846 |
Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States  [1, 3, 6, 7] |
- (The Noyes Descendants, Vol. I says 10 Mar 1846.)
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| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
12 Aug 1850 |
Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States [8] |
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| Military |
Between 21 Jul 1863 and 21 Oct 1865 [9] |
| from Montpelier as a Private with Co. F, 2nd Vermont Inf. Regt |
| _UID |
FE830D38EB9ED5118A06444553540000F587 |
| Death |
1 Jul 1910 |
Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States [3, 10] |
| Burial |
Aft 1 Jul 1910 |
East Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States [1, 3, 10] |
Address:
Cutler Cemetery |
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William Wallace Noyes monument
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William Wallace Noyes military marker
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William Wallace Noyes military marker
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| Notes |
- Served Vermont
Medal of Honor: Awarded Mar 14, 1892 for Gallantry at Spottsylvania, VA on May 12, 1864
Enlisted as a Private in F Co. 2nd Inf Reg. VT 21 Jul 1863; disch on 21 October 1865 (Sub. for Joseph Sterling, Montpelier)
NOYES, WILLIAM W. Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 2d Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at: Montpelier, Vt. Birth: Montpelier, Vt. Date of issue: 22 March 1892. Citation: Standing upon the top of the breastworks, deliberately took aim and fired no less than 15 shots into the enemy's lines, but a few yards away. (U.S. Army Center of Military History, Building 35, 102 Fourth Avenue, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC)
On May 12, 1864, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, the fighting at the Bloody Angle had become so intense that the trenches were filled with the dead and the dying. Towards midday, there seemed to be an interlude with only occasional bursts of gunfire. Apparently, as a subterfuge, a confederate soldier raised his rifle with a white flag attached to the barrell. One 19 year old Vermont boy took this to mean surrender and poked his head above the trenches. He was shot dead.
Infuriated beyond control was Wallace William Noyes of East Montpelier, Vermont. He hopped atop the parapet and fired his rifle into the nearest confederate, only yards away. He then told his comrades to pass up more loaded rifles. He kept firing (at least 15 times) before he was forced to take cover.
For this act of heroism, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1891. He was later wounded at Petersburg; surviving the Civil War only to die from a fall from a roof of a building that he was working on in 1910. He was a house painter.
Wallace's great grandson, Richard Campbell of Chelsea, Vermont is the current caretaker of the Medal of Honor.
On May 20, 2000, Armed Forces Day, a bronze plaque supplied by the Federal Government was mounted on a 200 pound piece of granite and placed at his gravesite due to the efforts of Elliott Morse, Maurice Cerutti, Tom McKenna and Dan Witcher. (Submitted by Elliott Morse)
Name: William Wallace Noyes ,
Enlistment Date: 21 July 1863
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Vermont
Birth Date: 23 April 1846
Death Date: 01 July 1910
Unit Numbers: 3030 3030
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 21 July 1863
Substitute in Company F, 2nd Infantry Regiment Vermont on 21 July 1863.
Wounded on 02 April 1865 at Petersburg, VA
Discharged Company F, 2nd Infantry Regiment Vermont on 21 October 1865
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| Person ID |
I10787 |
Noyes Family Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
28 Apr 2015 |
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| Sources |
- [S1063] Newspaper-The Sunday Rutland Herald and Sun. Times, 21 May 2000.
- [S1063] Newspaper-The Sunday Rutland Herald and Sun. Times, 2 June 2000.
- [S1064] Internet-Civil War Mil. Rec. of Indiv. Civil War Soldiers.
- [S1751] Internet-Civil War Compiled Military Service Records (detail).
- [S871] Newspaper-Bangor Daily News, 22 May 2000.
- [S65] Book-Noyes-The Noyes Descendants, Vol. I, p.137.
- [S1055] Book-Revised Roster of Vt Volunteers 1861-65.
- [S2734] Census-1850-VT-Washington-Montpelier, Roll: M432_928; Page: 187; Image: 364.
- [S5852] Internet-Civil War-U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles.
- [S106] Internet Online Homepage, http://vermontcivilwar.org/cem/cemetery.php.
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