Joshua Sill (Civil War) - Grandview Cemetery

Joshua Sill
Colonel of the 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Appointed Brigadier General in 1862
Killed at the Battle of Stones River
Fort Sill is named after him

Grandview Cemetery
Chillicothe, Ohio
 

Joshua Sill (Fort Sill) - Grandview Cemetery

Chillicothe, Ohio
Grandview Cemetery

Marker pictures are from Sunday, December 28, 2014

December 6, 1831 to December 31, 1862.

Brigadier General Joshua Sill was born in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Killed during the battle of Stones River by rifle fire.

Major General Philip Sheridan (who was raised in Somerset, Ohio) established Fort Sill in Oklahoma in 1869. Named in honor of Joshua Sill.

Joshua Sill - Grandview Cemetery

Grandview Cemetery
Section 5
Chillicothe, Ohio

Joshua Sill was born in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1831. When the Civil War started, Sill in May, 1861 was appointed Assistant Adjutant General of the State. In August, 1861, Sill became Colonel of the 33rd OVI. Sill eventually became a Brigadier General in 1862. Joshua Sill was killed at the Battle Of Stones River.

Fort Sill in Oklahoma is named in honor of Joshua Sill.