Timeline
Birth- 1817
Pennsylvania
1861 - 1865Civil War (Union)- Ages: 48 - 45 years
Served For
United States of America
Company
C
Unit
47th Infantry
State
Pennsylvania
Conflict Period
Civil War (Union)
Branch
Army
Killed in Action
Shot at Cooley Farm, Frederick County, Virginia during the Battle of Cedar Creek, 19 October 1864.
Re-enlistment
Re-enlisted at Fort Taylor in Key West, Florida for second, three-year term as a Sergeant with Co. C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Gold Star
Wounded in Action
Shot in the arm and side while saving the American flag from capture after Color-Sergeant Benjamin Walls was shot, Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 9 April 1864.
Service End Date
19 Oct 1864
Service Start Date
2 Sept 1861
Sergt
Enlistment- 19 Aug 1861-Age: 45 years
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Discharge
Sergt
1861 - 1865Civil War (Union)- Ages: 45 - 44 years
Company
F (aka "Sunbury Guards")
Unit
11th Infantry
State
Pennsylvania
Branch
Army
Service Start Date
23 Apr 1861
Rank
4th Corporal
Service End Date
31 July 1861
Conflict Period
Civil War (Union)
Served For
United States of America
Enlistment- 23 Apr 1861-Age: 44 years
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Occupation
Boatman
Residence: To
2 Sept 1861
Residence: From
Place of Residence
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Gender
Male
Conspicuous Bravery
Shot while saving the American flag from capture, Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 9 April 1864. Killed in action, Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, 19 October 1864.
Physical Description: Height
5' 8"
Physical Description: Eye Color
Blue
Physical Description: Hair Color
Light
Death- 19 Oct 1864-Age: 48 years
Killed in action while fighting with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Battle of Cedar Creek.
Cooley Farm, Frederick County, Virginia
Burial- abt 1866
Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia
Burial (initial)
Cooley Farm, Frederick County, Virginia
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
Full Name
William Piers
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).
