Boyd, William Henry

Life Span
to
Full name
William Henry Boyd
Place of Birth
Quebec, Canada
Burial Place
Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
1
Family
 Elizabeth (wife), W. Andrew Boyd (son)
Occupation
Military
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Government
Local government
Military
Union Army
Date Event
Near Greencastle in Franklin County, a Union cavalry probe meets Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania
Twenty year William H. Rihl becomes the first Union soldier killed meeting Lee's invasion
Shells from General J.E.B. Stuart's horse artillery rain down on Carlisle in an evening bombardment
Major General W.F. Smith's Union troops arrive in Carlisle, Pennsylvania to an enthusiastic welcome
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