Timeline
Birth- abt 1840
1861 - 1865Civil War (Union)- Ages: 25 - 22 years
Served For
United States of America
Unit
47th Infantry
Company
K
State
Pennsylvania
Conflict Period
Civil War (Union)
Branch
Army
Wounded in Action
Battle of Cedar Creek, 19 October 1864
Wound Treatment
Newtown, VA; Satterlee General Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
Wound Description
Artillery shrapnel or musket ball wound (1-1/2" long) to front left side of head. Paralysis/other complications, brain abscess and compression, followed by coma 28 October and death 5 November 1864.
Rank
Sergeant
Gold Star
Service Start Date
17 Sept 1861
Service End Date
5 Nov 1864
Re-enlistment
Promoted to the rank of Sergeant upon re-enlistment with Co. K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida, 27 October 1864.
Cpl
Enlistment- 21 Aug 1861-Age: 22 years
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Discharge
Sgt
Death- 5 Nov 1864-Age: 25 years
Satterlee General Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Brain abscess and compression following artillery shell wound to the head, Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia.
Burial- Nov 1864-Age: 25 years
Possible Exhumation and Reinterment
Addition next to his entry in Mount Moriah Cemetery Burial Ledger appears to indicate that his remains may have been ordered removed by relative and reburied (cemetery unidentified) on 10 November 1864.
Mount Moriah Cemetery (Soldiers' Lot, Grave No. 283), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Find A Grave Memorial No.: 142909254
Sgt. William H. Burger, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Other Facts
Full Name
William H Burger
Also known as
William H. H. Burger
Marriage
Never married.
Physical Description: Hair Color
Light
Physical Description: Eye Color
Blue
Physical Description: Height
5'3"
Place of Residence
Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (c. 1860)
Occupation
Daguerreian (photographer), c. 1850s-early 1860s
Gender
Male
