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Lieut William M. “Hallar” Haller

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Lieut William M. “Hallar” Haller Veteran

Birth
USA
Death
15 Apr 1863 (aged 21)
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.0863738, Longitude: -94.41084
Plot
Div 1, Sec 4, Bl 17, Lot 4, Sp 9
Memorial ID
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Surname spelled as Hallar and Haller.
Guerilla Fighter.
Hallar rode with William Quantrill's Partisan Rangers.He joined William Clarke Quantrills Missouri Partisan Rangers as his first recruit. His brother George W. Haller(sometimes spelled (Hallar), is also buried in Woodlawn. M380, roll 6.
In his book 'A True Story of William C. Quantrell' by J. P. Burch, he writes;
'Like Cunningham, the man who had fought as a lion in twenty different combats, was destined to fall in a sudden and unnoted skirmish. Returning northward in the rear of Quantrell, Lieutenant William Haller was attacked at sunset and fought till dark. He triumphed, but he fell. His comrades buried him and wept for him, and left him.'
Surname spelled as Hallar and Haller.
Guerilla Fighter.
Hallar rode with William Quantrill's Partisan Rangers.He joined William Clarke Quantrills Missouri Partisan Rangers as his first recruit. His brother George W. Haller(sometimes spelled (Hallar), is also buried in Woodlawn. M380, roll 6.
In his book 'A True Story of William C. Quantrell' by J. P. Burch, he writes;
'Like Cunningham, the man who had fought as a lion in twenty different combats, was destined to fall in a sudden and unnoted skirmish. Returning northward in the rear of Quantrell, Lieutenant William Haller was attacked at sunset and fought till dark. He triumphed, but he fell. His comrades buried him and wept for him, and left him.'


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  • Maintained by: Tom DeNardo
  • Added: Aug 30, 2000
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12053/william_m-haller: accessed ), memorial page for Lieut William M. “Hallar” Haller (5 May 1841–15 Apr 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12053, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Tom DeNardo (contributor 767).