TERRILL, William Rufus

Affiliation:  Union

Born: April 21 1834, Covington VA

Died: October 8 1862, Perryville KY

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1853, Seminole war, recruitment duty, instructor at West Point, coastal survey duty, service in Kansas-Missouri border conflict.

War Service: May 1861 Capt. in 5th US Artillery, chief of artillery in 2nd Divn/Army of the Ohio, Shiloh, advance on Corinth, Richmond KY, September 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 33rd Bde/10th Divn/I corps at Perryville (k).

Post War: He led his green troops into their first combat action at the Battle of Perryville. Around 4:00 PM, a Confederate artillery shell exploded near Terrill, driving a piece of shrapnel into his upper chest and ripping through his left lung. Taken to the rear, he died that night.