William Waggoner enlisted in Companies D, 3rd Colorado Infantry, a unit organized in the fall of 1862; the 3rd moved to Pilot Knob, Missouri, in the spring of 1863 and performed garrison duty there. In October 1863, the 2nd Colorado Infantry was consolidated with the 3rd Colorado Infantry to form the 2nd Colorado Cavalry, under the ...
This photo of Robert Walker, a young African-American “First Class Boy” dressed in a sailor’s uniform, has “Our Bob” written on the bottom. “First Class Boys” in the U.S. Navy were generally young men under 17 years of age. They were paid $9 per month and performed various sailor duties, including serving as ...
Hugo Wangelin, a native of Prussia, immigrated to the United States in the 1830s. He joined the 12th Missouri Infantry on August 10, 1861 as the regiment’s major; the regiment was organized by Colonel Peter J. Osterhaus the same month. Wangelin was promoted to colonel on June 14, 1862, and assumed command of ...
Little is known about James T. Ward. It appears that by May 3, 1861, he was serving on the staff of Colonel Earl Van Dorn in Texas; on August 10, 1861, he was appointed a lieutenant colonel by Van Dorn, subject to the approval of President Davis. On November 20, 1862, Ward apparently ...
Thomas Ward served in the Cass County, Missouri Home Guards in 1861; he enlisted again on August 15, 1862, and was mustered into Company B, 12th Kansas Infantry on September 25, 1862, as a corporal. The 12th Kansas Infantry was organized in September 1862 at Paola, Kansas; they saw action during Frederick Steele’s Camden Expedition. Ward and ...
William Eliot Ware was born on September 16, 1841, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was mustered into the 27th Missouri as a second lieutenant and recruiting officer on August 27, 1862, and was commissioned a first lieutenant by Governor Hamilton Gamble on September 22, 1862. He spent the first part of 1863 in ...
Joseph Waters enlisted on August 30, 1861, and was mustered into the 3rd Battery Iowa Light Artillery on September 25, 1861, as a musician (bugler). The 3rd Battery Iowa Light Artillery mustered into service on September 24, 1861; the battery fought at Pea Ridge and Helena, and participated in the Little Rock campaign. Waters mustered out with ...
Stand Watie was born on December 12, 1806, in Oothcloga (near present day Rome, Georgia). Degadoga, or “He Stands,” was given the name Isaac S. Watie by his parents; he later dropped his Christian name and became known as Stand Watie. At age twenty-two he acquired a license to practice law and procured ...
Samuel Watson mustered into the 2nd Missouri Cavalry (“Merrill’s Horse) on September 1, 1861, as the regimental quartermaster sergeant. He was promoted to second lieutenant on July 1, 1862, and assigned to Company E, and was promoted to first lieutenant on November 17, 1862. The 2nd Missouri Cavalry was engaged in the pursuit of guerillas ...
Born in Kentucky in 1837, Omer Rose Weaver and his parents came to Little Rock the following year. The Weavers were one of the most socially prominent families in the city. His father, Samuel Weaver, built one of the largest homes in Little Rock and served as Arkansas Secretary of State. Omer ...
Joseph Webster was born on August 25, 1811, in Hampton, New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1832 and studied law; in 1835 he became a civil engineer and was employed and commissioned in the Regular Army’s Topographical Engineers. He served in the Mexican-American War, resigned with the rank of captain in ...
Germany-born George Wehle, a resident of Wyanet, Illinois, enlisted on September 1, 1861, in Company D, 7th Kansas Cavalry at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The regiment was organized in September and October 1861, and mustered into service on October 28, 1861. Initially assigned to western Missouri, the 7th, known as “Jennison’s Jayhawkers,” became infamous ...
Hand-drawn sketch of Lieutenant John Weymouth, 18th Virginia Infantry, drawn by Major John C. Smith, 12th Arkansas Infantry, while both were prisoners of war at Johnson’s Island, Lake Erie, Ohio. Weymouth was wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. Smith, a native of Ireland, came to the ...
John Wheeler of Troy, Kansas, mustered into the 13th Kansas Infantry as lieutenant colonel on September 20, 1862, at Atchison, Kansas, the same date the regiment was organized. The regiment fought in the 1862 battles of Newtonia and Prairie Grove. The 13th was involved in the capture of Fort Smith and several other ...
