Joshua Woodrow Sill

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Joshua Woodrow Sill was a Union brigadier general in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership and death at the Battle of Stones River.

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Joshua Woodrow Sill canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army general ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
appointedRank colonel of volunteers ⓘ
birthDate 1831-12-06 ⓘ
birthPlace Chillicothe, Ohio, United States ⓘ
linked to: Chillicothe, Ohio
burialPlace Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath killed in battle by gunfire ⓘ
classRankAtGraduation third in his class ⓘ
commanded 33rd Ohio Infantry Regiment ⓘ
brigade in the Army of the Cumberland ⓘ
commissionedAs brevet second lieutenant ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBattleOfStonesRiver 1862-12-31 ⓘ
deathDate 1862-12-31 ⓘ
education United States Military Academy ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Sill ⓘ
fullName Joshua Woodrow Sill ⓘ
givenName Joshua ⓘ
graduationYear 1853 ⓘ
hasNamesake Fort Sill ⓘ
linked to: Fort Sill, Oklahoma
honoredBy naming of Fort Sill in Oklahoma ⓘ
killedInAction Battle of Stones River ⓘ
memberOf United States Army ⓘ
middleName Woodrow ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
notableFor death at the Battle of Stones River ⓘ
leadership in the American Civil War ⓘ
occupation civil engineer ⓘ
placeOfDeath near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
positionHeld instructor at the United States Military Academy ⓘ
preWarRole military educator ⓘ
ordnance officer ⓘ
promotedTo brigadier general of volunteers ⓘ
promotionDate 1862-07-16 ⓘ
resignationYear 1860 ⓘ
resignedFrom United States Army ⓘ
returnedToServiceIn 1861 ⓘ
servedIn Ordnance Department of the United States Army ⓘ
servedUnder Major General William S. Rosecrans ⓘ
linked to: William Rosecrans
serviceNumberOfYears approximately 11 years regular army service before Civil War ⓘ
sideInWar Union ⓘ
taughtAt United States Military Academy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joshua W. Sill → fullName → Joshua Woodrow Sill ⓘ
Joshua W. Sill → fullName → Joshua Woodrow Sill ⓘ
Joshua Woodrow Sill → fullName → Joshua Woodrow Sill ⓘ