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Reminiscence of a Civil War Court Martial 1863
A detailed reminiscence from the United Service Magazine on the 1863 court martial of Col William Orton Williams and Lieut Walter Peter. It recounts Williams's daring Confederate mission to gain Fort Granger, the forged papers used, and the ensuing trials, linking to Major Andre and Washington family connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Kentucky
Ohio
George E. Farrington
Watkins
Williams
Peter
Jines
Farrington
Col. Williams
Col. Watkins
Col Watkins
J. Young
West Point
Colonel Watkins
Col
United Service Magazine
Andre and Williams
Washington and Lee
War Department
Washington
Asso Syor
William Orton Williams
Walter C. Peter
Major Andre
George Washington
Atlantic
Walter G. Peter
Georgetown
District of Columbia
Col Williams
William G. Williams
Topographical Engineers
United States Army
Monterey
Capt Williams
Philadelphia
England
Exeter
America
Charleston
Niagara Frontier
United States
Columbia Peter
Thomas Peter
Martha Parke Custis
Kennon
Beverly Kennon
United States Navy
Princeton
Willliams
Walter Gibson Peter
George Peter
Captain Williams
Coast Survey
Seco1d
Winfield Scott
Army
Washington City
Robert E. Lee
General Scotts
Andre
Loth
Arlington
Lee
Scott
Fownsend
Potomac
Virginia
Governor's Island
New York
Polk
Columbus
West
Shilos
Bragg
Tennesssee
Fort Donelson
Shiloh
Corinth
iGen
Buell
Tennessee
Ohio River
Union
Rosecrans
Army of the Cumberland
Nashville
Tenn
Murfreesboro
Mashville
Resecrans
Stone River
Fort Granger
Lieut
Gen
Wheeler
Geexebral
Washington, D. C
Lawrence WW. Auton
Department of the Ohio
Department of the Cumberland
George Dunlop
Anton
Secretary of War
RE. D. Townshnd
Lawrence W. Auton
James A. Garfield
Department of Cumberland