William Emery Merrill Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army |
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Emery Merrill of Wisconsin
Appointed from Wisconsin, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1854 (1) Brevet Second Lieutenant of Engineers, 1 July 1859 Second Lieuenant, 20 February 1861 First Lieutenant, 6 August 1861 Captain, 3 March 1863 Colonel, 1st U. S. Veteran Volunteer Engineers, 30 August 1864 Honorably mustered out of volunteer service, 26 September 1865 Major, Engineers, 7 March 1867 Lieuenant Colonel, 20 February 1883 Breveted Captain, 16 April 1862 for gallant and meritorious conduct in an engagement with enemy forces before Yorktown, Virginia Breveted Major, 19 September 1863 for faithful and meritorious service in the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia Breveted Lieutenant Colonel, 13 March 1865 for faithful and meritorious service in the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, Tennessee Breveted Colonel, 13 March 1865 for faithful andmeritorious service in the battle of Resaca and New Hope, Georgia Died 14 December 1891 MERRILL, WILLIAM E LT COL US CORPS OF ENG CIVIL WAR DATE OF BIRTH: 10/11/1837 DATE OF DEATH: 12/14/1891 BURIED AT: SECTION 1 SITE 68-A ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY MERRILL, MARGARET E W/O WILLIAM E
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