WHITE, JULIUS (1816-90) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 37th Illinois Infantry# whitejulius
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WHITELEY, ROBERT HENRY KIRKWOOD (1809-96) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Florida Seminole War# whiteleyroberthenrykirkwood
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WILD, EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1825-91) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 35th Massachusetts Infantry, later led “Wild’s African Brigade” of U.S. Colored Troops # wildedwardaugustus
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WEST, CALEB WALTON (1844-1909) Served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War; Governor of Utah Territory – 1886-89 & 1893-96 # westcalebwalton
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WILEY, DANIEL DAY (1837-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General # wileydanielday
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WILLCOX, ORLANDO BOLIVAR (1823-1907) Union Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of First Bull Run; Veteran of the Mexican, Frontier, and Third Seminole Wars # willcoxorlandowillcox
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WILLIAMS, ALPHEUS STARKEY (1810-78) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Michigan – 1875-78# williamsalpheusstarkey
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WILLIAMS, REUBEN (1831-1905) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 12th Indiana Infantry# williamsreuben
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WILLIAMSON, JAMES ALEXANDER (1829-1902) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Iowa Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou – December 29, 1862 # williamsonjamesalexander
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WILLICH, AUGUST (1810-78) Prussian-born Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 32nd Indiana Infantry# willichaugust
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WILSON, JAMES GRANT (1832-1914) Scottish-born Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th U.S. Colored Cavalry; Staff officer to Union Major General Nathaniel P. Banks; Co-editor of “Appletons’ Cyclopedia of American Biography”# wilsonjamesgrant
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WINSLOW, EDWARD FRANCIS (1837-1914) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Iowa Cavalry; Staff officer to Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman# winslowedwardfrancis
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WISTAR, ISAAC JONES (1827-1905) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 71st Pennsylvania Infantry # wistarisaacjones
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WOODBURY, DANIEL PHINEAS (1812-64) Union Brigadier General; Died of Yellow Fever during the American Civil War# woodburydanielphineas
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WOODFORD, STEWART LYNDON (1835-1913) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 103rd U.S. Colored Troops; Chief of Staff to Major General Quincy A. Gillmore; U.S. Representative – New York – 1873-74; Lieutenant Governor of New York – 1867-69 # woodfordstewartlyndon
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WOODS, CHARLES ROBERT (1827-85) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 76th Ohio Infantry# woodscharlesrobert
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WOODS, WILLIAM BURNHAM (1824-95) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 76th Ohio Infantry; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court – 1881-87# woodswilliamburnham
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WOOL, JOHN ELLIS (1784-1869) U.S. Army Major General; Veteran of the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the American Civil War # wooljohnellis
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WOOLLEY, JOHN (1824-73) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th Indiana Cavalry; Served on the staff of Union Major General Lewis Wallace# woolleyjohn
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WORDEN, JOHN LORIMER (1818-97) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral; Commander of the USS “Monitor” in her clash with the CSS “Virginia” in the Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia – March 9, 1862 # wordenjohnlorimer
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