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Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 13 : Sharpsburg or Antietam (search)
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 15 : Chancellorsville (search)
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 16 : Gettysburg : the first day (search)
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 17 : Gettysburg : second day (search)
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 18 : Gettysburg : third day (search)
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 19 : battle of Chickamauga (search)
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 23 : the fall of 1864 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams , Seth 1822 -1866 (search)
Williams, Seth 1822-1866
Military officer; born in Augusta, Me., March 21, 1822; graduated at West Point in 1842, served under Scott in Mexico as aide-de-camp to General Patterson, and after the war was in the adjutant-general's department.
Early in September, 1861, he was made brigadier-general of volunteers, after serving as adjutant-general of the army of General McClellan in western Virginia.
He held the same position under General Meade.
In May, 1864, he was made acting inspector-general on Grant's staff, and in August of that year was brevetted major-general of volunteers for meritorious services since Gettysburg ; also, in March, 1865, was brevetted major-general, United States army, for gallant and meritorious services during the rebellion.
He died in Boston, March 23, 1866.
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 2 (search)
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 4 (search)