William Brisbane

(1823 - 1880)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 49th Pennsylvania Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
From Lewistown, he mustered as Lieutenant Colonel of the 49th on 31 July 1861 on its initial organization.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He commanded the Regiment at Antietam in place of Colonel Irwin, who was appointed to command the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division of the VI Army Corps near the start of the Campaign.

The remainder of the War:
He resigned his commission on 15 October 1862. He commanded a Brigade of Pennsylvania Militia of 1863 (28th, 32nd & 33rd Regiments) during the Gettysburg Campaign, in action in pursuit of the Confederate Army after the battle.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic service dates from Bates 1, with further details from the History2, source of a post-War photograph of him. Reference for the Gettysburg Campaign is Eicher 3.

More on the Web:
An 1843 oil portrait of his future wife Mary Ann Roset Bicking (1829-1894) by Rembrandt Peale is in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

Birth Date: 09/14/1823 Place of Birth: Lewistown, PA
Death Date: 07/07/1880 Death Place: Oswego, NY Burial Place: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

Notes

1 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871 [AotW citation 1190]

2 Westerbrook, Robert S., History of the 49th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Altoona: Altoona Times Print, 1898, pg. 7 [AotW citation 1191]

3 Eicher, John H., Eicher's Ultimate Gettysburg Order of Battle, Published c. 2000, <http://www.gdg.org/research/OOB/EicherOOB.htm> [AotW citation 1192]

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