WILLIAMSON, James Alexander

Affiliation:  Union

Born: February 8 1829, Adair County KY

Died: September 7 1902, Jamestown RI

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, chairman Iowa State Democratic Committee

War Service: 1861 1st Lt., adjutant of the 4th Iowa, Lt. Col., July 1862 Col., Pea Ridge, garrison duty at Helena AR, Chickasaw Bayou – Medal of Honor, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg campaign, commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn/XV Corps in Chattanooga campaign, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta campaign, commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/XV Corps in March to the Sea, January 1865 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers.

Post War: Commissioner of the General Land Office, land commissioner and later president of the Atlantic and Pacific (later Santa Fe) railroad.