Pvt.
Luther
F.
Willard
Born in United States
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 20
in Morris Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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Biography
Pvt. Luther Willard served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA
Side: USA
Occupations
- 1863: Laborer
Residences
- 1863: New Haven, Connecticut (military enlistment)
Military Service and Death
Private in the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry regiment, Company H. Enlisted on 15 December 1863 from New Haven, Connecticut. He was 20 years old, single and working as a laborer. He died on 30 June 1864 due to diarrhea at the regimental hospital on Morris Island.
Projects
Sources
- Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
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Categories: 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored), United States Civil War | Died of Disease, United States of America, United States Civil War
Luther Willard, black, born in Connecticut.
Year: 1860; Census Place: Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_487; Page: 567; Family History Library Film: 803487