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Born: 1838.

Died: July 18, 1863 (Mortally Wounded) (aged 21 years, 4 months, 27 days).

Buried: August 3, 1863 at "Old Carlisle Burying Ground", First Lutheran Church, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Occupation: Unknown.

Enlisted: September 27, 1861 at Brooklyn, NY to serve 3 years (aged 23 years).

Mustered In: September 28, 1861 as private, in Company E.

Promoted: Corporal, no date.

Wounded: In Action July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Died: July 18, 1863 from Wounds received in Battle.

Address: Unknown.

An Article from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle regarding Corporal Egolf:

To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle:

Court House Hospital, Gettysburg, Pa., August 4.
I take this opportunity of writing this note to you. Calling the death of one more of our members, who died this morning. His name is William Egolf, Corporal, Co. E, 14th died from fever, the result of amputation.

I am very respectfully yours.
John H. Fisher
Hospital Steward, 14th Regiment

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