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Tag Archives: Seth Williams

Class of 1842

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Phill Greenwalt

When reading a biography of a Civil War general officer, the usual biographical sketch is: West Point Military Academy educated, Mexican War experience, volunteer organization command in early stages of the war, and then the rise through the general officer ranks. … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Ties to the War, Western Theater | Tagged A. P. Stewart, A.P. Hill, Abner Doubleday, Army of the Potomac, Army of Virginia, Cadmus Wilcox, Chancellorsville, Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Corinth, D.H. Hill, Dabney Maury, Darius Couch, David R. Jones, Earl Van Dorn, Gabriel Rains, George B. McClellan, George H. Gordon, George Pickett, George Stoneman, George Sykes, George W. Rains, Gettysburg, Gustavus W. Smith, James Oakes, Jesse Reno, John Adams, John Foster, John Gibbon, John Newton, John Pope, Lafayette McLaws, Mansfield Lovell, Martin L. Smith, Napoleon Dana], Robert E. Lee, Samuel Maxey, Samuel Sturgis, Seth Williams, Stonewall Jackson, West Point Class of 1842, West Point Class of 1846, William Gardiner, William S. Rosecrans | 3 Comments
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