WILLIAMS, Alpheus Starkey

Affiliation:  Union

Born: September 29 1810, Saybrook CT

Died: December 21 1878, Washington DC

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, probate judge, newspaper owner, Mexican war, Detroit postmaster, president of the state military board and Brig. Gen. of state volunteers.

War Service: May 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Divn/V Corps in Shenandoah Valley campaign, commanded 1st Divn/II Corps at Cedar Mountain, commanded 1st Divn/XII Corps at South Mountain, commanded XII Corps at Antietam, commanded 1st Divn/XII Corps at Chancellorsville, commanded XII Corps at Gettysburg, commanded 1st Divn/XII Corps at Chickamauga, commanded 1st Divn/XX Corps in Atlanta campaign, March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign.

Post War: US minister to the Republic of Salvador, US congressman.