From the February 24, 2023, Sidney (Ohio) Daily News "Provate William Morgan: An AfricanAmerican Civil War veteran from Sidney" by Gregory K. Holonaugh and Melanie Speicher.
On December 4, 1918, the Sidney Daily News reported prominently in its local section that "William Morgan Dies Suddenly" earlier that day. Further, the paper reported that Mr. Morgan was a well-known black man who had "been a resident for many years ... a blacksmith at the carriage factory of Miller & Smith" and a "veteran of the Civil War."
He was buried at Graceland Cemetery near other Civil War veterans.
His gravestone reads "William Morgan, Co. G, 27th USC Inf."
--Old Secesh
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