William H. French
January 13, 1815–May 20, 1881 A career military officer, Major General William French commanded the 3rd Army Corps during the Civil War from July … Read more
William H. SewardSenate “Higher Law” Speech on the Compromise of 1850 (Transcript)
March 11, 1850 Transcript of William H. Seward's "Higher Law" speech on the Compromise of 1850, delivered on the U.S. Senate floor on March … Read more
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
May 31, 1837–October 15, 1891 The second son of Robert E. Lee, W.H.F. "Rooney" Lee was a cavalry commander in the Army of Northern … Read more
William Henry Seward
May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872 William Henry Seward was Governor of New York and a United States Senator. He also served as … Read more
William Joseph Hardee
October 12, 1815 – November 6, 1873 William J. Hardee was a prominent Confederate corps commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil … Read more
William Mahone
December 1, 1826 – October 8, 1895 A prominent Confederate officer, Major General William Mahone served in nearly all of the major campaigns and … Read more
William Marshall Anderson
June 24, 1807–January 7, 1881 Born on June 24, 1807 near Louisville, Kentucky, William Marshall Anderson spent his youth in Kentucky. Anderson's father, Colonel … Read more
William McKinley, Jr.
January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901 William McKinley, Jr., was born on January 29, 1843, in Niles, Ohio. He was the seventh of … Read more
William Nelson
September 27, 1824 – September 29, 1862 Murdered by fellow Union General Jefferson C. Davis in 1862, William "Bull" Nelson simultaneously served as a … Read more
William Selby Harney
August 22, 1800 – May 9, 1889 Co-author of the Price-Harney Agreement, Brigadier-General William S. Harney was a forty-five-year veteran of the United States … Read more