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Source for: William Lucius Burrell, 9 MAY 1835 - 22 JUN 1864
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_MIL S28Text: Name: William L Burrill , Residence: Quincy, Massachusetts Occupation: Cutter Enlistment Date: 03 March 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Massachusetts Unit Numbers: 869 869 869 Service Record: Promoted to Full SergeantEnlisted as a Private on 03 March 1862 at the age of 26Enlisted in Company M, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts on 03 March 1862.Reenlisted in Company M, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts on 17 March 1864Killed Company M, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts on 22 June 1864 in Petersburg, VA
_MIL S27Page: 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment MA
Text: Date Mustered: 16 August 1865 Regiment Type: Heavy Artillery Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 9 Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 232 Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 2 Regimental Soldiers and History: List of SoldiersRegimental HistoryFIRST REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER HEAVY ARTILLERYTHREE YEARSThe 1st Regt. Mass. Vol. Hy. Arty. was a reorganization of the 14th Regt. Mass. Vol. Inf. which was raised in Essex County in the summer of 1861. By Special Order No. 309, dated June 20, 1861, the various companies composing the 14th Regt. were directed to report at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. Here the regimental organization was completed, and here on the 5th day of July the men were formally mustered into the United States service. William B. Greene of Haverhill, Mass., a West Point graduate, was commissioned colonel.On Aug. 7 the Regiment left the State under orders to proceed to Harper's Ferry, but when it had arrived near Baltimore the orders were changed, and Washington City was named as its destination. This place was reached late in the evening, Aug. 10, and on the following afternoon the regiment was sent to Camp Kalorama on Meridian Heights north of the city.After about a week at Camp Kalorama Colonel Greene was ordered to move his regiment across the Potomac to Fort Albany near Arlington. Here the regiment did garrison duty, furnishing details also for Forts Runyon and Jackson in the same vicinity.Late in the year 1861 it was decided to enlarge the regiment and change it from infantry to heavy artillery. The change was officially accomplished under Special Order No. 1, War Department, dated Jany. 2, 1862, but the designation was not formally changed to 1st Regt. Mass. Vol. Hy. Arty. until the issue of Special Order No. 421, War Department, dated Sept. 19, 1863.During the winter of 1861-62 the old companies were increased by the addition of 50 men each, and two new companies, "L" and "M," were recruited and their members mustered into the serv
_MIL S241Text: Date of Import: 30 Apr 2009
Death source: S28Text: Name: William L Burrill , Residence: Quincy, Massachusetts Occupation: Cutter Enlistment Date: 03 March 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Massachusetts Unit Numbers: 869 869 869 Service Record: Promoted to Full SergeantEnlisted as a Private on 03 March 1862 at the age of 26Enlisted in Company M, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts on 03 March 1862.Reenlisted in Company M, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts on 17 March 1864Killed Company M, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts on 22 June 1864 in Petersburg, VA
Death source: S241Text: Date of Import: 30 Apr 2009
_MIL S28Text: Name: William L Burrill , Residence: Quincy, Massachusetts Occupation: Cutter Enlistment Date: 03 March 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Massachusetts Unit Numbers: 869 869 869 Service Record: Promoted to Full SergeantEnlisted as a Private on 03 March 1862 at the age of 26Enlisted in Company M, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts on 03 March 1862.Reenlisted in Company M, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts on 17 March 1864Killed Company M, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts on 22 June 1864 in Petersburg, VA
_MIL S241Text: Date of Import: 30 Apr 2009
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