Williams, R. A., Captain
Person
Biographical Note
Captain R. A. Williams was Acting Commissary of Subsistence for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. No other information could be found.
External Sources:
"Williams, R. A.", National Park Service's Civil War Soldier database, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=D7E1B2DF-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
R. A. Williams Telegraph
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-023
Abstract
This collection contains a telegraph sent from Captain R. A. Williams, A.C.S. [Acting Commissary of Subsistence], in Wytheville, Virginia, to Captain Isaac Shelby in Abingdon asking for advice about an order that required Williams to send four soldiers elsewhere. Williams notes that the order would take "four of my most indispensable men and if persisted in will paralyze my operations".
Dates:
1864