William Lunn Jr.
 
William Lunn, Jr. applied for a pension based on the injury and illnesses he suffered. The following are documents from the National Archives relevant to his application.
 
Archive number of his pension records.
November 25, 1878
April 1, 1879,
June 24, 1879
July 9, 1879
February 20, 1880
March 13, 1880
March 13, 1880
June 12,1888
June 18, 1888
August 12, 1895
August 12, 1895
September 19, 1895
September 26, 1896
 
Reviews of articles written about the 121st Infantry Regiment, New York Volunteers give some idea of the action they saw. Here is a complete list of their battles.
 
The Otsego County Genealogy Page has several articles describing the 121st Regiment's role in the Civil War and I have copied several of them which give an idea of what it was like to be a soldier in this conflict.
History of the 121st
Delevan Bates article about Salem Church battle
Delevan Bates article about the soldiers from Worcester which tells of the days after mobilization of the 121st
Delevan Bates article about typhoid fever and the Women's Relief Corps.
 
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