Michigan and the Civil War by Jack Dempsey

Author:Jack Dempsey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Michigan and the Civil War
ISBN: 9781614230229
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2011-05-02T16:00:00+00:00

Like Richardson, Alpheus Williams had embraced Michigan later in life. Moving to Detroit in 1836 at the age of twenty-six, he made it his lifelong home—with one major interlude: military service for his state that began (unofficially) in 1860 before the war erupted and lasted until its end. He had no West Point background to commend himself to the Union effort, only service as a militia officer whose troops never got into action during the Mexican War. Commissioned a brigadier general in August 1861, he commanded troops in both theaters and assumed temporary command of the Twelfth Corps at Gettysburg on the right flank at Culp’s Hill. “Pap” Williams, as his troops affectionately called him, never rose beyond brigade rank, yet he was one of the most reliable officers of the War. Sherman wrote of him: “He is an honest, true, and brave soldier and gentleman. One who never faltered or hesitated in our long and perilous campaign. He deserves any favor that can be bestowed.”150

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