Timeline
Birth- 1817
Pennsylvania
1861 - 1865Civil War (Union)- Ages: 45 - 44 years
Served For
United States of America
State
Pennsylvania
Branch
Army
Unit
11th Infantry (3 Months, 1861)
Conflict Period
Civil War (Union)
Service End Date
Jul 31, 1861
Rank
4th Corporal
Service Start Date
Apr 23, 1861
Service Details
Co. F was composed largely of men who had served with the Sunbury Guards, a Northumberland County militia unit. The majority of this unit's men went on to serve with Co. C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865.
Copl
Enlistment- Apr 23, 1861-Age: 44 years
Discharge
Copl
Conspicuous Bravery
Shot while saving the American flag from capture while fighting with 47th PA Vols, Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 9 April 1864. Killed in action with 47 PA Vols, Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, 19 October 1864.
Gender
Male
Physical Description: Height
5'8"
Physical Description: Eye Color
Blue
Physical Description: Hair Color
Light
Residence: To
Sep 2, 1861
Place of Residence
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Residence: From
Occupation
Boatman
Death- Oct 19, 1864-Age: 48 years
Cooley Farm, Frederick County, Virginia
Killed in action while fighting with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Battle of Cedar Creek.
Burial-
Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia
Burial (initial)
Ibid. Schmidt.
Exhumation and Reinterment
Initially buried at the Cooley Farm where he fell in battle, Sgt. Pyers' remains were exhumed and reinterred at the Winchester National Cemetery sometime around 1866 as part of U.S. government's reburial of Union soldiers.
Find A Grave Memorial No. 130882371
Sgt. William Pyers, Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia
Other Facts
Full Name
William Pyers
Also known as
William Pyers
Marriage
Matilda Headings (1825-1908), a native of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Children
Samuel Hunter Pyers (1848-1931), who served as a Field Musician with his father in Co. C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers and guarded the funeral train of President Abraham Lincoln; and Franklin C. Pyers(1853-1899).
