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PVT John Quincy Burrill

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PVT John Quincy Burrill

Birth
Massachusetts, USA
Death
4 Jul 1863 (aged 21–22)
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Civil War Union Army Soldier. He served during the Civil War as a Corporal in Company F, 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was mortally wounded on July 2, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, and died two days later.

Son of Rev. J. T. & S. P. Burrill.
Civil War Union Army Soldier. He served during the Civil War as a Corporal in Company F, 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was mortally wounded on July 2, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, and died two days later.

Son of Rev. J. T. & S. P. Burrill.

Inscription

"Inscriptions from the old burying ground, Lynn, Mass." by Moulton, 1868, p. 30:
Died at Gettysburg July 4, 1863, John Quincy Burrill, Aged 22 years. He was a member of the 1st Mass. Reg't and was killed in the battle of Gettysburg, PA., while gallantly fighting for his country beneath the folds of her starry flag.
"How sleep the brave who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest."


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