Alpheus S. Williams, Union officer, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, with small star medallion on uniform

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Alpheus S. Williams, Union officer, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, with small star medallion on uniform

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Unknown

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1860-1870

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A half-body portrait photograph of Union Brigadier General
Alpheus Starkey Williams in uniform

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Half-body portrait photograph of General in uniform

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Library of Congress
Library of Congress

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Brigadier General Alpheus Starkey Williams
(1810 - 1878)
Home State: Michigan
Education: Yale, Class of 1831
Command Billet: Commanding Division
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 1st Division, XII Corps
On the Campaign-He commanded the First Division of the Twelfth (XII) Army Corps at South Mountain and assumed command of the Corps at Antietam after MGen. Mansfield was mortally wounded.
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