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Pierce, Willard M.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 20, credited to Putney, VT Unit(s): 16th VT INF Service: enl 9/20/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. I, 16th VT INF, kia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: abt 1842, Putney, VT Death: 07/03/1863 Burial: Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA Marker/Plot: B-23 Gravestone photographer: Tom Ledoux Findagrave Memorial #: 28654039 Cenotaph: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Putney, VT Marker/Plot: Gravestone researcher/photographer: Emily Hackett Findagrave Memorial #: 89275228 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, mother Fanny, 9/13/1878 Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: Not Found (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: None DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. CENOTAPH: Cenotaph in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Putney, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may have cenotaphs there.

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Second Cenotaph

Second Cenotaph at East Putney Cemetery, Putney, VT
Courtesy of Heidi McColgan

Obituary

Additional List of Killed and Wounded.

We give below an additional list of killed, wounded and missing in the 13th, 14th and 16th Regiments.

16th Regiment

Killed. - Co. I, Wm. Pierce

Source: Vermont Journal, July 18, 1863.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.