Company D 43rd Regiment of the Mississippi Volunteers. William was born in Pickens County, Ala. May 4th 1828 and migrated to Choctaw County, Miss. with his family in 1834. He was married to Mary E. McDowell in October 1850 and leaves a wife and seven children to mourn their loss. He enlisted in May 1862 and was made orderly-sergeant. He was elected brevet second lieutenant in Oct. 1862 and was promoted to first lieutenant in the Spring of 1863. He was in Vicksburg during the long and arduous siege of that city; was made prisoner with the rest of the garrison July 4th, and exchanged in November following General Polk's Corps being ordered to Georgia. He arrived there in time to participate in the Battle of Resaca.
He was soon after placed in command of the Pioneer Corps of Adam's Brigade, and on it's discontinuance was made a second in command of the division corps. He remained in the Pioneer Corps until a few days before the retreat from Nashville, when his old company, being without a commissioned officer, he returned to it and took command. While watching the movements of the enemy, he was shot through the head and expired about the time the retreat on that portion of our lines began.
In every position he held in the army, Lieut. Berryhill discharged his duties faithfully, won the love and respect of his subordinates, and the confidence and esteem of his superiors. He was a respectful and obedient son, a kind brother, an affectionate husband and father, a good citizen, a faithful soldier, and better than all, an humble follower of his Savior, having lived a pious and useful member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Rest, brother in the
dreamless bed,
Where now thy body lies,
Till Christ, thy Savior,
wakes His dead
To meet Him in the Skies
S. Newton Berryhill
Editor
Brother of W. H. Berryhill
He was soon after placed in command of the Pioneer Corps of Adam's Brigade, and on it's discontinuance was made a second in command of the division corps. He remained in the Pioneer Corps until a few days before the retreat from Nashville, when his old company, being without a commissioned officer, he returned to it and took command. While watching the movements of the enemy, he was shot through the head and expired about the time the retreat on that portion of our lines began.
In every position he held in the army, Lieut. Berryhill discharged his duties faithfully, won the love and respect of his subordinates, and the confidence and esteem of his superiors. He was a respectful and obedient son, a kind brother, an affectionate husband and father, a good citizen, a faithful soldier, and better than all, an humble follower of his Savior, having lived a pious and useful member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Rest, brother in the
dreamless bed,
Where now thy body lies,
Till Christ, thy Savior,
wakes His dead
To meet Him in the Skies
S. Newton Berryhill
Editor
Brother of W. H. Berryhill
Company D 43rd Regiment of the Mississippi Volunteers. William was born in Pickens County, Ala. May 4th 1828 and migrated to Choctaw County, Miss. with his family in 1834. He was married to Mary E. McDowell in October 1850 and leaves a wife and seven children to mourn their loss. He enlisted in May 1862 and was made orderly-sergeant. He was elected brevet second lieutenant in Oct. 1862 and was promoted to first lieutenant in the Spring of 1863. He was in Vicksburg during the long and arduous siege of that city; was made prisoner with the rest of the garrison July 4th, and exchanged in November following General Polk's Corps being ordered to Georgia. He arrived there in time to participate in the Battle of Resaca.
He was soon after placed in command of the Pioneer Corps of Adam's Brigade, and on it's discontinuance was made a second in command of the division corps. He remained in the Pioneer Corps until a few days before the retreat from Nashville, when his old company, being without a commissioned officer, he returned to it and took command. While watching the movements of the enemy, he was shot through the head and expired about the time the retreat on that portion of our lines began.
In every position he held in the army, Lieut. Berryhill discharged his duties faithfully, won the love and respect of his subordinates, and the confidence and esteem of his superiors. He was a respectful and obedient son, a kind brother, an affectionate husband and father, a good citizen, a faithful soldier, and better than all, an humble follower of his Savior, having lived a pious and useful member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Rest, brother in the
dreamless bed,
Where now thy body lies,
Till Christ, thy Savior,
wakes His dead
To meet Him in the Skies
S. Newton Berryhill
Editor
Brother of W. H. Berryhill
He was soon after placed in command of the Pioneer Corps of Adam's Brigade, and on it's discontinuance was made a second in command of the division corps. He remained in the Pioneer Corps until a few days before the retreat from Nashville, when his old company, being without a commissioned officer, he returned to it and took command. While watching the movements of the enemy, he was shot through the head and expired about the time the retreat on that portion of our lines began.
In every position he held in the army, Lieut. Berryhill discharged his duties faithfully, won the love and respect of his subordinates, and the confidence and esteem of his superiors. He was a respectful and obedient son, a kind brother, an affectionate husband and father, a good citizen, a faithful soldier, and better than all, an humble follower of his Savior, having lived a pious and useful member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Rest, brother in the
dreamless bed,
Where now thy body lies,
Till Christ, thy Savior,
wakes His dead
To meet Him in the Skies
S. Newton Berryhill
Editor
Brother of W. H. Berryhill
