1875-11-22 Letter from General Alpheus Starkey Williams to General Salmon S. Matthews ACC 460, Folder 17

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1875-11-22 Letter from General Alpheus Starkey Williams to General Salmon S. Matthews ACC 460, Folder 17

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Title: 1875-11-22 Letter from Gen. Alpheus Starkey Williams to Gen. Salmon S. Matthews

Collection Number: MS 90-63

Scope and Content: Letter from General Alpheus S. Williams to Quartermaster General Salmon S. Matthews dated November 22, 1875. In the letter, Gen. Williams recounts the events that took place on Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg.

Language: English

Type of Resource: Text

Genre: Correspondence

Digital Origin: Reformatted Digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: Battle of Gettysburg

Subject: battlefield

Subject: 12th Corps

Subject: Twelfth Corps

Subject Name: Williams, Alpheus S.

Subject Name: Williams, Alpheus Starkey

Subject Name: Matthews, Salmon S. Salmon

Inclusive Dates: November 22, 1875

Location of Originals: Archives of Michigan

Use Restrictions: Please contact the Archives of Michigan for permission to publish.

Access Restrictions: To preserve the original items, this collection is only available online.

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Biography or Historical Note: Williams, Alpheus Starkey, a Representative from Michigan; born in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Conn., September 20, 1810; was graduated from Yale College in 1831; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice in Detroit, Mich.; judge of probate 1840-1844; editor of the Detroit Daily Advertiser 1843-1847; served in the war with Mexico; commissioned lieutenant colonel of the First Michigan Infantry December 8, 1847; mustered out July 29, 1848; postmaster of Detroit 1849-1853; commissioned brigadier general of Michigan Volunteers April 24, 1861, and of United States Volunteers May 17, 1861; brevetted major general of Volunteers January 12, 1865; mustered out January 15, 1866; unsuccessful nominee for Governor of Michigan in 1866; Minister Resident to San Salvador 1866-1869; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1875, until his death in Washington, D.C., December 21, 1878; chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Forty-fifth Congress); interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.

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