William Edgerly (1842-1863)

Private William Edgerly

Born 1842 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

Son of William Edgerly and [mother unknown]

Brother of George Edgerly

[spouse(s) unknown]

Died 18 Jul 1863 at about age 21 in Fort Wagner, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

William Edgerly is a part of US Black heritage.

William Edgerly
is on the
Wikitree Roll of Honor

Pvt William Edgerly served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 19 March 1863
Mustered out: July 18, 1863 (KIA)
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co. D 54th Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)

William Edgerly was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1842. His father was coppersmith William Edgerly of Lancaster, and he had a younger brother, George Edgerly, of Lancaster. William lived in the city of Lancaster before enlisting in the 54th Massachusetts on March 19, 1863. He served in Company D of the 54th Massachusetts and was killed in action during the regiment's assault on Fort Wagner outside of Charleston, South Carolina on July 18, 1863. He is buried in Zion Hill Cemetery in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His grave marker indicating that he is a veteran of the 54th Massachusetts is still intact.

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Residences

1850: Lancaster, Pennsylvania with his father and brother George, and 30-year-old Nancy Turner and her 7-year-old son Solomon

Military Service

Private William Edgerly was Killed in Action during the American Civil War.

During the Civil War, he served as a Private in Company D of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the first regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 20 years old, single and working as a farmer when he enlisted on 19 March 1863 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was killed in action on 18 July 1863 at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner.^[1]

Census Race

1850: Mulatto

Research Notes

Research Done

☑ Military pension at Fold3.com - none found Raymoure-1 00:24, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Projects

Sources

↑ Emilio, Roster p. 354

"1850 United States Census," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4HG-WDJ : accessed 30 May 2014), William Edgely in household of William Edgely, Lancaster city, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 376, NARA microfilm publication M432.

"BillionGraves Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VTWF-PBG : accessed 30 May 2014), William Edgerly, 1863; citing Zion Hill Cemetery Cemetery, Columbia, Pennsylvania.

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.)

Find a Grave: William Edgerly

"United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSH3-YPF : accessed 30 May 2014), William Edgerly, 1861-1865; citing military unit 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored), Union Soldier, NARA microfilm publication M544, roll 12 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d); FHL microfilm 881881.

"United States Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JZ6F-NP8 : accessed 30 May 2014), William Edgerly, 1863; citing "Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 1st through 5th United States Colored Cavalry, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored), 6th United States Colored Cavalry," Fold3.com; military unit 54th Massachusetts Infantry, Disbrow-Franklin, NARA microfilm publication M1898, roll 5.