Willis A. Gorman: Difference between revisions

|image = WillisAGorman1872.jpg

|caption = Willis A. Gorman, 1872

|appointer = [[Franklin Pierce]]

|term_start = May 15, 1853

With the [[secession]] of several Southern [[slave states]], Gorman offered his services to the army. He was appointed [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] of the [[1st Minnesota Infantry]], serving in the [[First Battle of Bull Run]] on July 21, 1861. On September 7, 1861, he was appointed [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] of volunteers and assigned to command a [[brigade]] in the [[II Corps (ACW)|II Corps]] in [[Army of the Potomac]] during the [[Peninsular Campaign]]. His troops suffered high casualties during the [[Battle of Antietam]] in an ill-fated attack on [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] positions in the West Woods. Later in the year, he was assigned to command the District of Eastern Arkansas.

 

In 1864 he left the service and resumed his law practice in St. Paul. He was elected City attorney in 1869, and continued in that position until his death. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul.

 

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