Civil War: Surgeon, 14th U.S. Infantry
Indian Wars: Surgeon, 7th U.S. Cavalry
Born in the District of Columbia, Dr. John Winfield Williams was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Medical Corps on July 11, 1862, and assigned as Assistant Surgeon on the Staff of the 14th U.S. Infantry. He served with the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War and was brevetted a Major on March 13, 1865.
After the cessation of hostilities in the east, Dr. Williams accompanied his regiment west, traveling first to New Orleans, then to Panama to march across the Isthmus, and thence to San Francisco. Dr. Williams arrived at Fort Mason, Arizona Territory, with the 14th U.S. Infantry in April 1866 and remained at the post until it was abandoned on September 28.
Eight years later, in 1874, Dr. Williams was Chief Medical Officer of the 7th U.S. Cavalry during Lt. Col. George Custer's Black Hills Expedition. Two years later he was Brig. Gen. Alfred Terry's Chief Medical Officer when he organized the triage and evacuation of Major Marcus Reno's wounded immediately following the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876. Dr. Williams was still on active duty as a Surgeon when he died on April 15, 1889.
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Biography by Steve
Indian Wars: Surgeon, 7th U.S. Cavalry
Born in the District of Columbia, Dr. John Winfield Williams was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Medical Corps on July 11, 1862, and assigned as Assistant Surgeon on the Staff of the 14th U.S. Infantry. He served with the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War and was brevetted a Major on March 13, 1865.
After the cessation of hostilities in the east, Dr. Williams accompanied his regiment west, traveling first to New Orleans, then to Panama to march across the Isthmus, and thence to San Francisco. Dr. Williams arrived at Fort Mason, Arizona Territory, with the 14th U.S. Infantry in April 1866 and remained at the post until it was abandoned on September 28.
Eight years later, in 1874, Dr. Williams was Chief Medical Officer of the 7th U.S. Cavalry during Lt. Col. George Custer's Black Hills Expedition. Two years later he was Brig. Gen. Alfred Terry's Chief Medical Officer when he organized the triage and evacuation of Major Marcus Reno's wounded immediately following the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876. Dr. Williams was still on active duty as a Surgeon when he died on April 15, 1889.
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Biography by Steve
Civil War: Surgeon, 14th U.S. Infantry
Indian Wars: Surgeon, 7th U.S. Cavalry
Born in the District of Columbia, Dr. John Winfield Williams was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Medical Corps on July 11, 1862, and assigned as Assistant Surgeon on the Staff of the 14th U.S. Infantry. He served with the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War and was brevetted a Major on March 13, 1865.
After the cessation of hostilities in the east, Dr. Williams accompanied his regiment west, traveling first to New Orleans, then to Panama to march across the Isthmus, and thence to San Francisco. Dr. Williams arrived at Fort Mason, Arizona Territory, with the 14th U.S. Infantry in April 1866 and remained at the post until it was abandoned on September 28.
Eight years later, in 1874, Dr. Williams was Chief Medical Officer of the 7th U.S. Cavalry during Lt. Col. George Custer's Black Hills Expedition. Two years later he was Brig. Gen. Alfred Terry's Chief Medical Officer when he organized the triage and evacuation of Major Marcus Reno's wounded immediately following the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876. Dr. Williams was still on active duty as a Surgeon when he died on April 15, 1889.
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Biography by Steve
Indian Wars: Surgeon, 7th U.S. Cavalry
Born in the District of Columbia, Dr. John Winfield Williams was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Medical Corps on July 11, 1862, and assigned as Assistant Surgeon on the Staff of the 14th U.S. Infantry. He served with the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War and was brevetted a Major on March 13, 1865.
After the cessation of hostilities in the east, Dr. Williams accompanied his regiment west, traveling first to New Orleans, then to Panama to march across the Isthmus, and thence to San Francisco. Dr. Williams arrived at Fort Mason, Arizona Territory, with the 14th U.S. Infantry in April 1866 and remained at the post until it was abandoned on September 28.
Eight years later, in 1874, Dr. Williams was Chief Medical Officer of the 7th U.S. Cavalry during Lt. Col. George Custer's Black Hills Expedition. Two years later he was Brig. Gen. Alfred Terry's Chief Medical Officer when he organized the triage and evacuation of Major Marcus Reno's wounded immediately following the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876. Dr. Williams was still on active duty as a Surgeon when he died on April 15, 1889.
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Biography by Steve
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