Trivia 6-24-19 Sleeping Sentinel

[Trivia Master]

He was sentenced to death for sleeping on picket duty.
At the request of President Lincoln, he was pardoned.
He would fall while making a charge at Lee's Mill
He will forever known as the Sleeping Sentinel
Who was he and what unit did he serve in?

credit: @SWMODave

 

[hughes]

William Scott
3rd Vermont Infantry

 

[Kurt G]

William Scott
3rd Vermont Infantry

 

[DBF]

My research was not in vain - you were - William Scott was born in Groton, Vermont on the 6th of April in 1839 and was living a quiet life in this farming community when he "heard the call" from President Lincoln to "serve and preserve the union". He joined the 3rd Vermont Regiment, Company K, that congregated in St. Johnsbury, on the grounds of the Caledonia County Agricultural Society at "Camp Baxter".

Photo - Vermont Historical Society
& University of VT​

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/let-sleeping-boys-die.154826/

 

[Wallyfish]

He was William Scott.
His unit was Company K 3rd Vermont Infantry

Source

 

[Stone in the wall]

William Scott, Company K, 3rd Vermont Inf

 

[ErnieMac]

William Scott, 3rd Vermont Infantry.

 

[captaindrew]

William Scott, Company K, 3rd Vermont Infantry

 

[SWMODave]

Someone made a short homemade video on this soldier

Good luck with the question and since it's the first day of the last week of the first half of the year - have a great week!

 

[Stony]

William Scott (April 6, 1839 – April 17, 1862) Company K, 3rd Vermont Volunteer Infantry, Union Army US.

 

[FarawayFriend]

1) His name was William Scott

2) He served as a private in Company K, 3rd Vermont Infantry

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Scott_(The_Sleeping_Sentinel)&oldid=897087453

From the Wikipedia article about the "Sleeping Sentinel":

"The Sleeping Sentinel is a 1914 American black-and-white silent film that depicted President Abraham Lincoln pardoning a military sentry who had been sentenced to die for sleeping while on duty. In the actual incident during the American Civil War, William Scott, a private in the 3rd Vermont Infantry, fell asleep while on guard duty. He subsequently was arrested, court-martialed, and sentenced to be shot. Lincoln heard about the case, pardoned Scott, and returned him to his unit. William Scott was actually standing before his firing squad when the death sentence and pardon were both read, however no one had told him that he had been pardoned. Scott later died at the Battle of Lee's Mills.
The "Sleeping Sentinel" was a melodramatic poem written about this case. In the film, Lincoln happens upon the scene while riding in a carriage, stopping the squad just before it fires (which never happened)"

 

[Brenal]

William Scott.
Company K, 3rd Vermont Infantry.

 

[gentlemanrob]

William Scott 1839-1862
Company K 3rd Vermont Infantry

 

[General Casey]

Private William Scott, 3rd Vermont Infantry

 

[Mike Serpa]

William Scott - Company K, 3rd Vermont Infantry

 

[Eleanor Rose]

William Scott - He joined Company K, 3rd Vermont Infantry,a company of militia.
Source

 

[Big Sarge]

William Scott
Co K, 3rd Vermont Infantry

 

[Ole Miss]

1) William Scott
2) 3rd Vermont Infantry
Regards
David

 

[Deleted User CS]

My answers are as follows: William Scott. Co. K. 3rd Vermont Infantry Regiment.
David.

 

[MRB1863]

William Scott - Company K 3rd Vermont