U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers

William G. Williams
1801 - 1846

375..(Born S.C.)...WILLIAM G. WILLIAMS..(Ap'd S.C.)..15

Military History. -Cadet at the .Military Academy, July 1, 1820, to July 1, 1824, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

SECOND LIEUT., 7TH INFANTRY, JULY 1, 1824.

Served: on Topographical duty, July 24, 1824, to Jan. 28, 1834 ; on Survey

(FIRST LIEUT., 7TH.INFANTRY, APR. 30, 1833)

of site for Fort on Pea Patch Island, Delaware River, 1834,- of Ship

(BVT. CAPTAIN, STAFF-Top. ENGINEERS, JAN. 28, 1834)

Canal around the Falls of Niagara, N. Y., 1835-36, -on Lake Champlain, N. Y., 1835, -and of Charleston, S. C., and Cincinnati, O., projected Railroad, 1836-37 ; on Military Reconnoissance of Cherokee Country, 1837-38 ; in charge of construction of harbor works on Lake Erie,

(CAPTAIN, CORPS OF TOP. ENGINEERS, JULY 7, 1838)

1838-43; as Superintendent of Survey of Northwestern Lakes, 1841-46, -- and of Boundary between Michigan and Wisconsin, 1845-46; and as Chief Top. Engineer of the Army commanded by Major-General Taylor, in the War with Mexico, July 6 to Sep 21, 1846, being engaged in the Battle of Monterey, Sep. 21, 1846, where he was Mortally Wounded.

DIED OF WOUNDS, SEP. 21, 1846, AT MONTEREY: AGED 45

from Cullum, G. W., Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the USMA at West Point, N.Y., from its establishment in 1802 to 1890, with the early history of the USMA.

William G. Williams

Captain

Topographical Engineers

U.S. Army

Aged 45 years

Conducting a Storming Party at
the Taking of Monterey, Mexico
Sept. 21st, 1846, he fell and died
in the hands of the enemy.
His last message to his friends was
"I fell in the front of the column"
His remains were recovered
under the direction of a committee
of the citizens of Buffalo and
were buried with military honors
March 9th, 1847.

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