| Birth: | Oct. 27, 1844
Herkimer County, USA | | Death: | Sep. 26, 1938
Orting
Pierce County
Washington, USA | 
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He enlisted in the Union Army at the age 16 on May 11, 1861 and served as a Sergeant in Company B of the 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. At Gravelly Run, Virginia on March 31, 1865 he with a comrade recaptured a Union officer from a detachment of 9 Confederates, capturing 3 of the detachment and dispersing the remainder. He mustered out of the Union Army on July 3, 1865. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Search Amazon for William Sickles | | | Burial:
Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery
Orting
Pierce County
Washington, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Record added: Nov 06, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 8063838 |
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I light a candle for William H. Sickles ...
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Candles
Added: Jan. 20, 2012 |
SGT Sickles, as far as I was able to research, was the last surviving Congressional Medal of Honor winner from the Civil War, dying in 1938!
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Ken Owens
Added: Jan. 7, 2012 |
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Gary Holcomb, Sr.
Added: Nov. 6, 2011 |
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