Rank: Private
Unit: C Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: September 29, 1865 in New York, New York. He was 23.
Date of birth: 1842
Hometown: New Brunswick, New Brunswick , Canada
Occupation prior to enlistment: Clerk
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 21 December 1866
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Peno Creek, Dakota Territory (Wyoming)
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Place of interment: Custer National Cemetery, Crow Agency in Big Horn County, Montana
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Notes: He stood 5’6″ with hazel eyes, dark hair, dark complexion.
US Soldier killed in the Fetterman Massacre. Williams served with Company C, 2nd US Cavalry. Soldiers who died with Fetterman were first buried at Ft Phil Kearny. After the fort closed post burials were moved to the Custer National Cemetery.