Born: Dec 14 1837, Waterbury VT

Died: April 29 1892, New York NY

Buried: Lakeview cemetery, Burlington VT

Pre-War: Merchant.

War Service:

Sep 1861 Pvt. in 1st Vermont Cavalry, 1st Lieutenant, Captain, Shenandoah Valley campaign, Second Bull Run, Major, Gettysburg, Medal of Honor, Kilpatrick's Richmond raid. Jun 1864 Col., commanded 2nd Bde/3rd Divn/Cavalry Corps in Shenandoah Valley campaign, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Petersburg, Appomattox. May 1865 appointed BG Vols.

Post War: Adjutant General of Vermont, internal revenue collector, politician.

Further Reading: Jackson, Horatio Nelson. Dedication of the statue to Brevet Major-General William Wells and the officers and men of the First Regiment Vermont Cavalry, on the battlefield of Gettysburg, July 3, 1913.

Ullery's Men of Vermont.

---

Sources:

Revised Roster, pp 214, 216, 220, 230, 736, 741, 743, 749.