Private John Williams
Company A, Infantry Battalion
He was a soldier who enlisted in Legion Infantry Company A at it's formation on June 26th 1861, and served faithfully through the war. His record is one of those that is almost boring in it's perfection. He is never wounded, never absent with the illneses that plagued so many and shown as "present" on every roll until the final one on record dated January 30th 1865. His name, John Williams, is even exceedingly unremarkable.
He was born John Wilhelm January 28th 1844 in Bavaria to Jospeh and Margaret Funk Wilhelm.
John joined the Greene Rifles and marched off with them in June 1861 to become part of the short-lived 4th Georgia State Brigade at Camp McDonald in Cobb County. When the 4th State brigade was disbanded at the end of July, it's rifle battalion (including the Greene Rifles) became Company A of the newly formed Phillips Legion. After surviving the horrors and hardships of four years of war, Private Williams soon returned to New York City and resumed his life there as John Wilhelm. He married Mary Swick on October 13th 1867.
John died November 23rd 1921 at St Mary's Hospital in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Sources; Written by:Kurt Graham
http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/PhillipsLegion/williams.html
Company A, Infantry Battalion
He was a soldier who enlisted in Legion Infantry Company A at it's formation on June 26th 1861, and served faithfully through the war. His record is one of those that is almost boring in it's perfection. He is never wounded, never absent with the illneses that plagued so many and shown as "present" on every roll until the final one on record dated January 30th 1865. His name, John Williams, is even exceedingly unremarkable.
He was born John Wilhelm January 28th 1844 in Bavaria to Jospeh and Margaret Funk Wilhelm.
John joined the Greene Rifles and marched off with them in June 1861 to become part of the short-lived 4th Georgia State Brigade at Camp McDonald in Cobb County. When the 4th State brigade was disbanded at the end of July, it's rifle battalion (including the Greene Rifles) became Company A of the newly formed Phillips Legion. After surviving the horrors and hardships of four years of war, Private Williams soon returned to New York City and resumed his life there as John Wilhelm. He married Mary Swick on October 13th 1867.
John died November 23rd 1921 at St Mary's Hospital in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Sources; Written by:Kurt Graham
http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/PhillipsLegion/williams.html
Private John Williams
Company A, Infantry Battalion
He was a soldier who enlisted in Legion Infantry Company A at it's formation on June 26th 1861, and served faithfully through the war. His record is one of those that is almost boring in it's perfection. He is never wounded, never absent with the illneses that plagued so many and shown as "present" on every roll until the final one on record dated January 30th 1865. His name, John Williams, is even exceedingly unremarkable.
He was born John Wilhelm January 28th 1844 in Bavaria to Jospeh and Margaret Funk Wilhelm.
John joined the Greene Rifles and marched off with them in June 1861 to become part of the short-lived 4th Georgia State Brigade at Camp McDonald in Cobb County. When the 4th State brigade was disbanded at the end of July, it's rifle battalion (including the Greene Rifles) became Company A of the newly formed Phillips Legion. After surviving the horrors and hardships of four years of war, Private Williams soon returned to New York City and resumed his life there as John Wilhelm. He married Mary Swick on October 13th 1867.
John died November 23rd 1921 at St Mary's Hospital in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Sources; Written by:Kurt Graham
http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/PhillipsLegion/williams.html
Company A, Infantry Battalion
He was a soldier who enlisted in Legion Infantry Company A at it's formation on June 26th 1861, and served faithfully through the war. His record is one of those that is almost boring in it's perfection. He is never wounded, never absent with the illneses that plagued so many and shown as "present" on every roll until the final one on record dated January 30th 1865. His name, John Williams, is even exceedingly unremarkable.
He was born John Wilhelm January 28th 1844 in Bavaria to Jospeh and Margaret Funk Wilhelm.
John joined the Greene Rifles and marched off with them in June 1861 to become part of the short-lived 4th Georgia State Brigade at Camp McDonald in Cobb County. When the 4th State brigade was disbanded at the end of July, it's rifle battalion (including the Greene Rifles) became Company A of the newly formed Phillips Legion. After surviving the horrors and hardships of four years of war, Private Williams soon returned to New York City and resumed his life there as John Wilhelm. He married Mary Swick on October 13th 1867.
John died November 23rd 1921 at St Mary's Hospital in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Sources; Written by:Kurt Graham
http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/PhillipsLegion/williams.html
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