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Sherrill, E. (Eliakim), 1813-1863

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Personal name headingSherrill, E. (Eliakim), 1813-1863
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Variant(s)Sherrill, Eliakim, 1813-1863
Birth date1813-02-16
Death date1863-07-04
Place of birthGreenville (N.Y.)
Place of deathGettysburg (Pa.)
AffiliationNew York (State). Legislature. Senate
United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupationLegislators
Found inMaris B. Pierce Papers: Petition from the House of Representatives to the President of the United States, February 17, 1849 : page 1 (E. Sherrill)
Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed March 1, 2019 (Eliakim Sherrill, a Representative from New York; born in Greenville, Ulster County, N.U., February 16, 1813; attended the public schools; tanner and farmer; held several local offices; a major in the State militia; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); member of the State senate in 1854; during the Civil War organized the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York Volunteer Regiment and became its colonel; commanded the Third Brigade, Third Division, Second Army Corps, after Colonel Willard's death on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg, until he was mortally wounded on July 3, 1863, and died the next day; interment in the Washington Street Cemetery, Geneva, Ontario County, N.Y.)