Biography of William B. Cecil - Pulaski Co. VA Source: The Index to Pulaski County History in Hardesty's 1884 WILLIAM B. CECIL - is a son of John H. and Mary E. (TRINKLE) CECIL, whose record has just been given, and was born on the 15th of September, 1844, in Pulaski county. He enlisted, August 15, 1861 in Company F., Fifty-Fourth Virginia Infantry, and went to Christianburg, Montgomery county, where the regiment camped two months. They then went into Kentucky near the Big Sandy River, and remained in that state two months, then returning to Virginia, they took part in engagements before Richmond, Petersburg, and at Franklin, and then joined Bragg, at Knoxville, Tennessee, participating in the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863. In November, same year, they were in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, and then west to Dalton, where they remained until March 1864. In Georgia the regiment was in the Battles of Stony Side, Resnea, Mount Zion Church, and in the last named engagement William B. CECIL was wounded severely in the shoulder, and went home on furlough. The regiment was transferred to his native county before his recovery, and he served with it there until the close of the war. He then for one year devoted his time to agricultural pursuits, and then entered upon his present successful mercantile career. In Pulaski county, April 15, 1874, he was joined in wedlock with Mary E. TROLINGER, born in this county July 20 1861, a daughter of John and Mary G. (WYGAL) TROLINGER. James M., born April 7, 1879, is the only child of this union. The postoffice address of William H. CECIL is Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia. Submitted by Betty Bray w/permission from Pulaski Co. VAGenWeb Site **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************