Major Sidney Willard

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Sidney Willard, (USA)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lancaster, PA, United States
Death: December 13, 1862 (31)
Fredericksburg, VA, United States
Place of Burial: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Willard and Susanna Hickling Willard
Husband of Sarah Willard
Brother of Theodora Willard; Robert Willard; Susanna Willard infant; Joseph Willard; Susanna Willard and 1 other

Occupation: Lawyer
Managed by: Carol Ann Selis
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About Major Sidney Willard

Harvard class of 1852. Rowed in the first Harvard-Yale Crew Race in 1852.

Practiced law in Boston; at the outbreak of the Civil War, efficient in the military instruction of officers and men; Captain and Major in the Union Army; fell at Fredericksburg, 1862.

- "Red Top; Reminiscences of Harvard Rowing"; R.F.Herrick.

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Major Sidney Willard's Timeline

1831
February 3, 1831
Lancaster, PA, United States
1862
December 13, 1862
Age 31
Fredericksburg, VA, United States
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Mount Auburn cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States