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William Scott (c. 1839 or 1840 – 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. ==Biography== Scott was born in Groton, Vermont, in either 1839 or 1840. He joined Company K, 3rd Vermont Infantry.〔(Sleeping Sentinel ) retrieved July 10, 2008〕 This was a company of militia from St. Johnsbury, a nearby town. When his unit was encamped at the Chain Bridge near Washington, D.C., Scott was found asleep at his post on August 31, 1861.〔Another reference says " near Fort Marcy, Virginia, on the night of September 3, 1861"〕 He was subsequently court-martialed, and sentenced to be executed. In Scott's defense, he had volunteered to take the place of a comrade the night before and was himself exhausted. These facts were known to the court at the time and figured prominently in newspaper reports, appeals by his superiors for clemency, and his subsequent reprieve. On September 9, Scott was scheduled to be executed. During the proceedings, after the death sentence had been read, a pardon was read, sparing his life. Scott served faithfully with his regiment until the Battle at Lee's Mills where he was mortally wounded charging the "rifle pits". He was eventually interred in the national cemetery at Yorktown, Virginia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Scott (The Sleeping Sentinel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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