William Gibson Black

1836 - 1902  (66 years)

• Name	William Gibson Black
  Birth	13 May 1836	Wayne, Armstrong, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Jun 1902	Eugene, Oregon
  Person ID	I33954	Scudder
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	Robert C. Black,   b. 21 Sep 1809   d. 28 Oct 1864, Lacon, Marshall, Illinois (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Mary McSparren,   b. 2 Dec 1813   d. 15 Jan 1843 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1830	Conemaugh, Indiana, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F12054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sylvina Nolf,   b. 15 Feb 1840   d. 14 Apr 1924 (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1854
  Children	1. Homer Molton Black,   b. 16 Aug 1859   d. 10 Sep 1927 (Age 68 years)   2. Horace Morton Black,   b. 27 May 1861   d. 7 Nov 1941 (Age 80 years)   3. Owen Marco Black,   b. 27 May 1866   d. Bef 1941 (Age < 74 years)   4. Dorsey Dewitt Black,   b. 6 May 1869   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary Minora Desagreenah Black,   b. 24 Oct 1871   d. 1965 (Age 93 years)   6. Annie Frona Fay Black,   b. 16 Feb 1874   d. 15 Jul 1955 (Age 81 years)   7. Morven Oscar Black   8. Etta Floy Black,   b. 27 Nov 1878   d. 23 Jul 1879 (Age 0 years)   9. Tirza Maud Black,   b. 25 Apr 1880   d. 6 Mar 1945 (Age 64 years)   10. Floda Effa Ennis Black,   b. 24 Jun 1884   d. 21 Oct 1960 (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F12069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  William served in Company D, 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. Following Chancellorsville, the army withdrew to the north bank of the Rappahannock. After the decision was made to march the Army of the Potomac northward, the 4th Michigan, 14th New York, 9th Massachusetts, 62d Pennsylvania, composing Second Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps, served as rear guard as the army moved in the night. As they marched north, they revisited some of the old river crossings, battlefields, and encampments from previous years. The 62d fought on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg in the area around the Wheatfield. The regiment lost more soldiers in this battle than in any other. After several days of almost continuous marching, the Fifth Corps arrived on the battlefield in the morning, but didn't enter the fight until after 4 p.m. The volunteers of the 62d advanced across the Wheatfield; held their position successfully; were ordered to fall back; withdrew in good order across the Wheatfield; were ordered to advance across the Wheatfield with another division; they advanced across the Wheatfield; they were surrounded; in brutal hand-to-hand fighting and with many casualties, they fought their way to safety across the Wheatfield for the last time to a position near the base of Little Round Top. On the third day of the battle at Gettysburg, the 62d took a position on the Little Round Top extension in support of a battery. As it turned out, they were far removed from the action known as Picketts Charge, but they were prepared to face another attack at one of the key positions along the Union line. Several reports indicated that on the third day the regiment was fired upon, either from snipers or stray shots.