Averell, William Woods

Life Span
to
Dickinson Connection
Stationed at Cavalry School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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
6
No. of Spouses
1
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
Date Event
- The Army of the Potomac concentrates on Chancellorsville in preparation for an attack on Lee
Union and Confederate armies collide near Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
"Stonewall" Jackson's flanking movement seizes the initiative in the Battle of Chancellorsville
Lee's Army of Northern Virginia forces back entrenched Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville
- The beaten Union Army retreats across the Rappahannock, ending the Battle of Chancellorsville
A Union winter cavalry raid departs its West Virginia base and marches south to cut communications
At Salem, Virginia, General Averell's Union cavalry raid arrives to destroy rail communications
In the Shenandoah Valley, Union forces triumph at the hard-fought Third Battle of Winchester
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