David Morrill enlisted in the Civil War October 8, 1861 as a private, Company I, 23rd Regiment Massachusetts Infantry. He was wounded twice, returning to service each time after recuperating. He was finally discharged in 1865 at the end of the war. George W. Creasey, The City of Newburyport in the Civil War (Boston: Griffith-Stillings, 1903), Source Medium: Book . [5]

Additional information available.[6]

[1][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 165. .

[2]1870 US Census , Newburyport MA, p. 238b. 1870 US Census, Source Medium: Book .

[3]Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910 Database (Name: Electronic Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org;), 199: 285. .

[4]Date and place derived from record of marriage. .

[5]George W. Creasey, The City of Newburyport in the Civil War (Name: Boston: Griffith-Stillings, 1903;), 339.

[6]David C. Morrill was a shoemaker in Newburyport, Massachusetts. .

[7]Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910 Database (Name: Electronic Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org;), 223: 274. .

[8]ibid., 259: 298. .

[9]ibid., 319: 270. .

[10]ibid., 322: 304. .

[11]ibid., 346: 271. .

[12]ibid., 340: 314. .