Grave of William H. Burnham.
Enlisted on 27 July 1861 at Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan for a 3-year term; he was residing in Branch County prior to his enlistment at 17 years of age; mustered in on 14 September 1861, Company E, Michigan 1st Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; accidentally killed at Savage, Howard County, Maryland when attempting to jump from or between moving railroad cars. (The U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 records his name as William Barnum, dying on 15 October and "Falling from cars.")
Enlisted on 27 July 1861 at Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan for a 3-year term; he was residing in Branch County prior to his enlistment at 17 years of age; mustered in on 14 September 1861, Company E, Michigan 1st Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; accidentally killed at Savage, Howard County, Maryland when attempting to jump from or between moving railroad cars. (The U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 records his name as William Barnum, dying on 15 October and "Falling from cars.")
Grave of William H. Burnham.
Enlisted on 27 July 1861 at Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan for a 3-year term; he was residing in Branch County prior to his enlistment at 17 years of age; mustered in on 14 September 1861, Company E, Michigan 1st Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; accidentally killed at Savage, Howard County, Maryland when attempting to jump from or between moving railroad cars. (The U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 records his name as William Barnum, dying on 15 October and "Falling from cars.")
Enlisted on 27 July 1861 at Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan for a 3-year term; he was residing in Branch County prior to his enlistment at 17 years of age; mustered in on 14 September 1861, Company E, Michigan 1st Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; accidentally killed at Savage, Howard County, Maryland when attempting to jump from or between moving railroad cars. (The U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 records his name as William Barnum, dying on 15 October and "Falling from cars.")
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