Walter G. Morrill earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in the Civil War. "Learning that an assault was to be made upon the enemy's works by other troops, this officer voluntarily joined the storming party with about 50 men of his regiment, and by his dash and gallantry rendered effective service in the assault." [7]

Water Morrill of Williamsburg enlisted as a Sergeant on 15 July 1861 at the age of 20 in Company A, 6th Infantry Regiment Maine. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, then Captain, then Lieutenant Colonel, all in Company B, 20th Infantry Regiment Maine. He mustered out on 4 June 1865. [8]

[1]Early Town Records of Williamsburg, ME, NEHGS 94 , 250.

[2]1880 US Census , Dexter ME, p. 527C. Shows Walter G., Wife Amanda, Son Jas. B.

[3]Find A Grave Cemetary Records (Electronic Database: FindAGrave.com).

[4][Anonymous], [Pisqataquis Co., Maine] Vital Records 1839-1891 (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1955).

[5]Date and place derived from 1870 census.

[6]Maine 1743-1891 Marriage Index (Electronic database at www.genealogy.com).

[7]Robert L. Haskell, Yankee Warrior: The Story of a Civil War Hero from Maine (Bangor Publishing, 1993).

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