2024-07 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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John Benson Williams graduated on May 6 1861 and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd United States Infantry. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on June 6 1861, was at Bull Run in July, and afterward in the defenses of Washington, DC. He was on the Peninsula Campaign of 1862. He commanded Company G of the Third US Infantry at Antietam on 17 September 1862. He was on the march to Fredericksburg in November and December 1862, but then returned to Washington, DC, sick. He was on sick leave from 23 December to 11 February 1863, but was court-martialed and sentenced to be dismissed from the service to date from 11 February 1863 for "deserting his company in the presence of the enemy."
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