Location provided by Diane LM (# 47306054) on 9/27/2021; Information provided by EFB III (# 46863003) on 12/21/2021; Veteran status provided by Memories of You (# 46983035) on 11/11/2023.
Civil War Union Soldier. Wounded three times during the war. He was slightly wounded at Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863, at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, and mortally wounded at Wauhatchie, Tennessee, on October 28, 1863. During the fighting on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg on the evening of July 2, 1863, the flag staff of the 149th New York was shot to pieces. Corp. William Lilly sprang forward and under a galling fire mended the flag to rally his men.
Today the monument of the 149th at Gettysburg has a bas-relief depicting his heroic act. He was wounded the following morning. Lilly was mortally wounded at the Battle of Wauhatchie, near Chattanooga, Tenn., in November 1863 and his body was returned to Syracuse for burial. Today a large GAR Monument with a statue of Lilly stands on his grave.
Civil War Union Soldier. Wounded three times during the war. He was slightly wounded at Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863, at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, and mortally wounded at Wauhatchie, Tennessee, on October 28, 1863. During the fighting on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg on the evening of July 2, 1863, the flag staff of the 149th New York was shot to pieces. Corp. William Lilly sprang forward and under a galling fire mended the flag to rally his men.
Today the monument of the 149th at Gettysburg has a bas-relief depicting his heroic act. He was wounded the following morning. Lilly was mortally wounded at the Battle of Wauhatchie, near Chattanooga, Tenn., in November 1863 and his body was returned to Syracuse for burial. Today a large GAR Monument with a statue of Lilly stands on his grave.
Location provided by Diane LM (# 47306054) on 9/27/2021; Information provided by EFB III (# 46863003) on 12/21/2021; Veteran status provided by Memories of You (# 46983035) on 11/11/2023.
Civil War Union Soldier. Wounded three times during the war. He was slightly wounded at Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863, at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, and mortally wounded at Wauhatchie, Tennessee, on October 28, 1863. During the fighting on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg on the evening of July 2, 1863, the flag staff of the 149th New York was shot to pieces. Corp. William Lilly sprang forward and under a galling fire mended the flag to rally his men.
Today the monument of the 149th at Gettysburg has a bas-relief depicting his heroic act. He was wounded the following morning. Lilly was mortally wounded at the Battle of Wauhatchie, near Chattanooga, Tenn., in November 1863 and his body was returned to Syracuse for burial. Today a large GAR Monument with a statue of Lilly stands on his grave.
Civil War Union Soldier. Wounded three times during the war. He was slightly wounded at Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863, at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, and mortally wounded at Wauhatchie, Tennessee, on October 28, 1863. During the fighting on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg on the evening of July 2, 1863, the flag staff of the 149th New York was shot to pieces. Corp. William Lilly sprang forward and under a galling fire mended the flag to rally his men.
Today the monument of the 149th at Gettysburg has a bas-relief depicting his heroic act. He was wounded the following morning. Lilly was mortally wounded at the Battle of Wauhatchie, near Chattanooga, Tenn., in November 1863 and his body was returned to Syracuse for burial. Today a large GAR Monument with a statue of Lilly stands on his grave.
Bio by: EFB III
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Records on Ancestry
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New York, U.S., Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865
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New York, U.S., State Census, 1855
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
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New York, U.S., Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900
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U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers 1861-1865
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