Dewitt Morrill enlisted as a Private on 5 August 1862 at the age of 18 in Company F, 7th Infantry Regiment Maine. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in 1864. Historical Data Systems, American Civil War Soldiers (Electronic database at http://www.ancestry.com), Source Medium: Book . [13]

[1][Anonymous], Vital Records of Methuen, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1909;), 90. .

[2]1850 US Census , Atkinson ME, p. 300. Ephraim Town Morrill is indexed as "Morrill, E. S.". 1850 US Census, Source Medium: Book .

[3]Ann Lisa Pearson, Morrill/Morrell Families Association Newsletter , VII(1): 325. .

[4]Belfast (Maine) City Clerk, [Belfast, Maine] Town and Vital Records, 1773-1892 (Name: Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954;). Belfast (Maine) City Clerk, [Belfast, Maine] Town and Vital Records, 1773-1892 (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954), Source Medium: Book .

[5]Date estimated from age at death. .

[6]Ann Lisa Pearson, Morrill/Morrell Families Association Newsletter , 2(2): 12. .

[7]ibid., VII(1): 325. .

[8]ibid., VII(1): 325. .

[9]ibid., VII(1): 325. .

[10]US Passport application, April 1881 .

[11]1880 US Census , Lake View IL, p. 210A. DeWitt C. Morrill found living with his sister Caroline Brown and her children. 1880 US Census, Source Medium: Book .

[12]Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916 . Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916.

[13]Historical Data Systems, American Civil War Soldiers (Name: Electronic database at http://www.ancestry.com;).