William Burg Headstone Dedication

Headstone Dedication for Civil War Veteran William Burg.

William Burg was a lad of nine years when he came to Nebraska Territory with his parents among the early pioneers of 1854 and settled in what is now Pawnee County. In response to the call of the federal government for the preservation of the union, he volunteered for service and enlisted November 12, 1862 as a Private in the 2nd Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry, receiving his honorable discharge December 14, 1863 at Brownville. He was a charter member of John Ingraham Post 95 of the Grand Army of the Republic at Pawnee City.