★  MOH Williamson, James A.

James Alexander Williamson

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Born:
February 8, 1829

Birthplace:
Columbia, Kentucky

Father: William Williamson 1806 – 1831

Mother: Pauline Sanders 1807 – 1887
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Wife: Ann Whitfield Gregory 1834 – 1884
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Children:

Corinne Williamson Tripp 1856 – 1890​
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​
Gertrude Williamson 1858 – 1863​
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​
Adley Williamson 1861 – 1885​
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​
Hallam Gregory Williamson 1864 – 1892​
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​
Madge Williamson Stearns 1871 – 1917​
(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)​
Occupation before War:

Farmer and Attorney in Iowa​
Chairman of Iowa State Democratic Party Committee​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: 1st Lt. in 4th Iowa Volunteers Infantry Regiment​
1862: Wounded at the Battle of Pea Ridge​
1862: Lt. Colonel of 4th Iowa Volunteers Infantry Regiment​
1862 – 1865: Colonel of 4th Iowa Volunteers Infantry Regiment
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1862: Garrison Duty in Helena, Arkansas​
1862: Wounded at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou struck by 3 balls
1863: Served in the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi​
1863: Participated in the Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee​
1864: Appointed Chairman of Iowa Delegation to Rep. Convention​
1864: Wounded in the hand at the Battle of Jonesborough, Georgia​
1864: Brevetted to the rank of Brigadier General in Union Army​
1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers Infantry​
1865: Brevetted Major General of Union Army Volunteers
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1865: Commander of Union Army District of St. Louis, Missouri​
1865: Served on inspection tour of Army Posts in the West​
1865: Mustered out of Union Army service in October​
Occupation after War:

Attorney in Iowa​
1876 – 1881: United States Commissioner of General Land Office​
1876 – 1881: Chairman of Public Land Commission​
President of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company​
1895: Recipient of Medal of Honor for his role at Chickasaw Bayou​

Died: September 7, 1902

Place of Death: Jamestown, Rhode Island

Cause of Death: Cancer of the liver

Age at time of Death: 73 years old

Burial Place:
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
 
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Williamson's Medal of Honor citation reads "Led his regiment against a superior force, strongly entrenched, and held his ground when all support had been withdrawn."
 
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