William Scott (The Sleeping Sentinel)

William Scott
Scott in 1861
Born(1839-04-06)April 6, 1839
Groton, Vermont
DiedApril 17, 1862(1862-04-17) (aged 23)
Yorktown, Virginia
Buried
Yorktown National Cemetery
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
BranchUnited States Army
Union Army
Service years1861–1862
RankPrivate
UnitCompany K, 3rd Vermont Infantry
ConflictsAmerican Civil War
*Battle at Lee's Mills

William Scott (April 6, 1839 – April 17, 1862) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He was the "Sleeping Sentinel" who was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln and memorialized by a poem and then a 1914 silent film.

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