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Line 1: {{Short description\|American general, politician and lawyer}} {{Infobox ~~Governor~~officeholder \|birth_name= Willis Arnold Gorman▼ \|name = Willis A. Gorman \|image = WillisAGorman1872.jpg ~~\|imagesize=~~ \|caption = Willis A. Gorman, 1872 \|office = 2nd [[List of governors of Minnesota#Minnesota Territory\|Territorial Governor of Minnesota]] ~~\|order=2nd~~ \|appointer = [[Franklin Pierce]]▼ ~~\|title=Territorial Governor of Minnesota~~ \|term_start = May 15, 1853 \|term_end = April 23, 1857 \|predecessor = [[Alexander Ramsey]] \|successor = [[Samuel Medary]] \|state2 = [[Indiana]] ▲\|appointer= [[Franklin Pierce]] \|district2 = {{ushr\|IN\|6\|6th}} ~~\|title2=Member of the [[U. S. House of Representatives]] from [[Indiana's 6th congressional district\|Indiana's 6th district]]~~ \|term_start2 = March 4, 1849 \|term_end2 = March 3, 1853 \|predecessor2 = [[George G. Dunn]] \|successor2 = [[Thomas A. Hendricks]] \|office3 = Member of the [[Indiana House of Representatives]] \|~~term3~~term_start3 = 1841~~-1844~~ \|term_end3 = 1844 \|birth_date= {{birth date\|1816\|1\|12\|mf=y}}▼ ▲\|birth_name = Willis Arnold Gorman ~~\|birth_place= [[Flemingsburg, Kentucky\|Flemingsburg]], [[Kentucky]]~~ \|~~death_date~~birth_date = {{~~death~~birth date\|~~1876~~1816\|51\|2012\|mf=y}} ~~(aged 60)~~ \|~~death_place~~birth_place = [[~~Saint Paul~~Flemingsburg, ~~Minnesota~~Kentucky\|~~Saint Paul~~Flemingsburg]], [[~~Minnesota~~Kentucky]], U.S. ▲\|~~birth_date~~death_date = {{~~birth~~death date and age\|1876\|5\|20\|1816\|1\|12\|mf=y}} \|party= [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democrat]]▼ \|death_place = [[Saint Paul, Minnesota\|Saint Paul]], [[Minnesota]], U.S. \|profession= lawyer and politician▼ ▲\|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)\|~~Democrat~~Democratic]] \|spouse = Martha Stone ~~\|religion=~~ ▲\|profession = lawyer and politician ~~\|footnotes=~~ \|allegiance = United States \|branch = [[United States Army]]<br/>[[Union Army]] \|serviceyears = 1846–1848<br/>1861–1864 \|rank = [[File:Union Army brigadier general rank insignia.svg\|35px]] [[Brigadier general (United States)\|Brigadier General]] \|commands = 4th Indiana Volunteers<br />[[1st Minnesota Infantry]]<br />1st Bde, 2nd Div, [[II Corps (Union Army)\|II Corps]] \|unit = 3rd Indiana Volunteers \|battles = [[Mexican–American War]]<br />[[American Civil War]] }} '''Willis Arnold Gorman''' (January 12, 1816 –– May 20, 1876) was an American lawyer, soldier, politician, and a general in the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. ==Biography== Gorman was born near [[Flemingsburg, Kentucky]]. He was the only child of David and Elizabeth Gorman, both of Irish descent. In 1835, the family moved to [[Bloomington, Indiana]], where Gorman ~~graduated from~~attended [[Indiana University (Bloomington)\|Indiana University's]] ~~law~~and ~~school in 1835 and~~then established a law practice. In January 1836, he married Martha Stone in Bloomington. By 1837 he began his move into politics, becoming a clerk in the [[Indiana State Senate]]. From 1841 to 1844, he was elected to the [[Indiana House of Representatives]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gorman.html\|title=The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Gorman}}</ref> In 1845 he returned to Indiana University and completed his law degree. In 1846 he volunteered for the army, enlisted as a private, and went to fight in the [[~~Mexican-American~~Mexican–American War]]. He was appointed as a [[Major (United States)\|major]] in the 3rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and led an independent rifle [[battalion]] at the [[Battle of Buena Vista]], where he was severely wounded. When his term of service expired, he re-enlisted and was appointed [[Colonel (United States)\|colonel]] of the 4th Indiana. He served in the [[Battle of Huamantla\|capture of Huamantla]] and in several other campaigns and battles under General [[Joseph Lane]]. In 1848 he was civil and military governor of [[Puebla]], but soon after he returned to Indiana. He served in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1853, as a representative of that state. [[File:Willis Gorman and wife.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Willis Gorman and Martha Stone.]] Line 43 ⟶ 50: 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. ==~~Postbellum~~Postwar== 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. ==See also== {{Portal~~\|United States Army~~\|American Civil War}} [[List of American Civil War generals (Union)]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{CongBio\|G000330}} Retrieved on 2008-02-14 {{citation \|last= Heitman Line 61 ⟶ 69: }} {{citation \|url=~~http~~https://books.google.com/books?id=lTjJzaBOYPEC&~~pg=PA581&lpg=PA581&dq~~q=%22willis+a+gorman%22&pg=PA581 \|title=Fifty Years in the Northwest \|first1=William Henry Carman Line 70 ⟶ 78: \|year=1888 \|pages=581–582 ~~\|accessdate=~~ }} * The [http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/P1766.xml personal papers] of Willis A. Gorman are available for research use at the [http://www.mnhs.org Minnesota Historical Society.] ==External links== * {{find a Grave\|5892341}} {{s-start}} Line 89 ⟶ 99: [[Category:People from Flemingsburg, Kentucky]] [[Category:Indiana lawyers]] ~~[[Category:Indiana Democrats]]~~ [[Category:Minnesota lawyers]] ~~[[Category:Minnesota Democrats]]~~ [[Category:American military personnel of the Mexican–American War]] ~~[[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana]]~~ [[Category:Governors of Minnesota Territory]] [[Category:~~Members~~Democratic Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives]] [[Category:~~Members~~Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives]] [[Category:Union Army generals]] [[Category:United States Army ~~generals~~officers]] [[Category:People of Minnesota in the American Civil War]] [[Category:American Roman Catholics]]▼ [[Category:American people of Irish descent]] [[Category:Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni]] [[Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana]] [[Category:19th-century American politicians]] ▲[[Category:~~American~~19th-century ~~Roman~~American ~~Catholics~~lawyers]]