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Civil War Soldiers - Sill
| Sill, Joshua W., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Dec. 6, 1831. He was
graduated from West Point military academy in 1853, and as second
lieutenant was assigned to the ordnance department at Watervliet
arsenal; was returned to the academy, Sept. 23, 1854, as assistant
professor of geography, history, and ethics, and served in that
capacity until Aug. 29, 1857; promoted to first lieutenancy in 1856;
was engaged in routine duty at various arsenals and ordnance depots
until Jan. 25, 1861, when he resigned from the army to become
professor of mathematics and civil engineering in the Brooklyn
collegiate and polytechnic institute. On the call for troops, after
the firing on Fort Sumter, a few weeks after resigning his position in
the regular army, he offered his services to the governor of Ohio and
was promptly commissioned assistant adjutant-general of that state. He
took part in the battle of Rich mountain, July 11, with the 33d Ohio
infantry, and was commissioned colonel of that regiment. His
operations were principally in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. He
took command of a brigade Nov. 30, 1861; was appointed
brigadier-general of volunteers July 16, 1862; took part in the battle
of Perryville, the pursuit of Bragg's army and the Tennessee campaign
of the Army of the Cumberland. While endeavoring to rally his men at
the battle of Stone's river he was killed, Dec. 31, 1862. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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