Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill

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Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, remembered for his leadership and for being killed in action at the Battle of Stones River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War military personnel
Union Army general
United States Army post
person
allegiance Union
United States of America
associatedWithLocation Chillicothe, Ohio
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
battle Battle of Stones River
birthDate 1831-12-06
birthPlace Chillicothe, Ohio
branchOfService United States Army
burialCountry United States of America
commanded brigade in the Army of the Cumberland
conflict American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1862-12-31
deathPlace near Murfreesboro, Tennessee
education United States Military Academy
era 19th century
familyName Sill
fullName Joshua Woodrow Sill
gender male
givenName Joshua
honorificPrefix Brigadier General
languageOfWorkOrName English
mannerOfDeath killed in action
memorializedBy Fort Sill, Oklahoma
surface form: Fort Sill
militaryBranch Union Army
militaryRank Brigadier General
namedAfter Joshua W. Sill
notableEvent death at the Battle of Stones River
notableFor being killed in action at the Battle of Stones River
leadership in the Western Theater of the American Civil War
service as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War
placeOfBurial Greenlawn Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio
preWarOccupation U.S. Army officer
military instructor
servedUnder William Rosecrans
surface form: William S. Rosecrans
serviceNumberOrClass United States Military Academy
surface form: United States Military Academy Class of 1853
stateOfOrigin Ohio
theaterOfWar Western Theater of the American Civil War

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Fort Sill, Oklahoma namedAfter Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill