John Winfield Williams

He was appointed Assistant Surgeon, US Army on 11 July 1862. He was assigned to hospitals in Washington, DC to September 1862.

He was on temporary duty at an Antietam field hospital to October 1862.

He was in charge of Trinity General Hospital in Washington into November then assigned to the Reserve Artillery, Army of the Potomac to January 1863. He was with the First US Cavalry to August 1864 and afterward Chief Surgeon of the First Cavalry Division. He was honored by brevets to Captain, USA for action at Berryville, VA in 1863, and to Major for his war service.

He continued in the Regular Army as a post surgeon in Baltimore, MD to May 1866, then in charge of hospitals in Hilton Head, SC to January 1868. He was later at Atlanta and posts in the West. He was Chief medical officer on General A.H. Terry's staff in the Department of Dakota during the 1876 campaign and was in charge of triage and evacuation of Little Big Horn casualties. He was promoted to Major and Surgeon on 8 November 1877. He died of a brain disease at Jackson Barracks, LA at age 50.

His service from Heitman1 and Henry.2 Personal details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He probably married before 1869 and had a son, Thomas (1869-1968). He married again in Chalmette, LA in about October 1887.

1839; Washington, DC

04/15/1889; Chalmette, LA; burial in Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette, LA