William Scott | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:William_Scott_(The_Sleeping_Sentinel).jpg) Scott in 1861 | |
| Born | April 6, 1839 Groton, Vermont |
| Died | April 17, 1862 (aged 23) Yorktown, Virginia |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | United States of America Union |
| Service | United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1862 |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit | Company K, 3rd Vermont Infantry |
| Battles / wars | American Civil War *Battle at Lee's Mills |
William Scott (April 6, 1839 – April 17, 1862) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He was the "Sleeping Sentinel" who was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln and memorialized by a poem and then a 1914 silent film.[1]
- ^ De Haes Janvier, Francis (1863). The Sleeping Sentinel. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers. p. 19.