William Henry Sidell

Birth Date

1810-08-21

Death Date

1873-07-01

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Kentucky soldier. New York native. Graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in 1833. Chief engineer in Illinois in 1850. Served in the U.S. Army as major from May 14, 1861 to May 1863. Served as assistant provost marshal for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from May 1863 to May 6, 1864. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel and brigadier general from May 6, 1864 to March 30, 1865.

Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. VI, eds. John Fiske and James Grant Wilson (New York: Appleton, 1889), 523.
Find A Grave, "William Henry Sidell (1810-1873)," Memorial #5955933, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5955933 (accessed December 30, 2020).

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