, Jan. 25, 1893.
Williams, Robert.
Born in Culpeper County, Va., Nov. 5, 1829.
Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1847, to July 1, 1851. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Dragoons, July 1, 1851. Second Lieutenant, July 15, 1853. First Lieutenant, June 7, 1855, to May 7, 1861. Brevet Captain, staff, Assistant Adj. General, May 11, 1861; accepted, May 16, 1861. Assistant Adj. General of the department of Annapolis, June 9 to July 25, 1861, and of the department of the Shenandoah, July 25 to Oct. 5, 1861.
Captain, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Aug. 3, 1861.
Organizing regiment at Readville, Mass., Oct., 1861, to Jan., 1862.
Colonel, 1st Mass. Cavalry, Oct. 7, 1861.
In garrison at and operations about Hilton Head, S. C., Jan. to Aug., 1862, being engaged in the attack on Secessionville and James Island, S. C., June 16, 1862.
Major, staff, Assistant Adj. General, July 17, 1862.
In operations in central Virginia with the Army of the Potomac, Aug. to Oct., 1863.
Resigned
of the army.
Boston Evening Journal, July 24, 1862, p. 2, col. 1; July 25, p. 2, col. 2; Aug. 1, p. 2, col. 1.
— – Letter giving conditio2, p. 4, col. 5; July 23, p. 2, cols. 5, 7; July 24, p. 2, col. 5; July 25, p. 2, col. 6, p. 4, col. 6; July 26, p. 2, col. 6, p. 4, col. 5; itorials.
Boston Evening Journal, July 24, 1862, p 4, cols. 1, 3; July 25, p 4, cols. 1, 5, 6; July 26, p. 4, col. 5; July 28, p. 4, col. 4;of the army.
Boston Evening Journal, July 24, 1862, p. 2, col. 1; July 25, p. 2, col. 2; Aug. 1, p. 2, col. 1.
— – Situation and conditiondition, etc. Boston Evening Journal, July 24, 1862, p. 2, col. 1; July 25, p. 2, col. 2; Aug. 1, p. 2, col. 1.
— – Aug. Harrison's LandinSnicker's Gap. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 1, p. 801.
— – July 24, 25.
Engagement at Winchester.
Army and Navy Journal, vol. 1, p. 833.
ion.
F. P. Stanton. Continental, vol. 4, p. 481.
— 1864. July 24, 25. Shenandoah valley. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 1, p. 833.