Averell, William Woods

Life span:

11/05/1832 to 02/03/1900

Dickinson Connection:

Stationed at Cavalry School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

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Life Summary

Full name:

William Woods Averell

Place of Birth:

Cameron, NY

Burial Place:

Bath, NY

Birth Date Certainty:

Exact

Death Date Certainty:

Exact

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

Sectional choice:

North

Origins:

Free State

No. of Siblings:

No. of Spouses:

Family:

Hiram Averell (father), Huldah Hemenway Averell (mother), Kezia Haywood (wife - married 1885)

Education:

West Point (US Military Academy)

Occupation:

Military

Businessman

Scientist or Inventor

Relation to Slavery:

White non-slaveholder

Church or Religious Denomination:

Methodist

Political Parties:

Democratic

Government:

Johnson Administration (1865-69)

Diplomat

Military:

US military (Pre-Civil War)

Union Army

Events

Date span begin	Life span End	Event
04/27/1863	04/30/1863	The Army of the Potomac concentrates on Chancellorsville in preparation for an attack on Lee
05/01/1863	05/01/1863	Union and Confederate armies collide near Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
05/02/1863	05/02/1863	"Stonewall" Jackson's flanking movement seizes the initiative in the Battle of Chancellorsville
05/03/1863	05/03/1863	Lee's Army of Northern Virginia forces back entrenched Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville
05/05/1863	05/06/1863	The beaten Union Army retreats across the Rappahannock, ending the Battle of Chancellorsville
12/08/1863	12/08/1863	A Union winter cavalry raid departs its West Virginia base and marches south to cut communications
12/16/1863	12/16/1863	At Salem, Virginia, General Averell's Union cavalry raid arrives to destroy rail communications
09/19/1864	09/19/1864	In the Shenandoah Valley, Union forces triumph at the hard-fought Third Battle of Winchester

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