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261……..(Born N. Y.)
William W. Morris
(Ap’d N. Y.)…………30
Military History.
– Cadet at the Military Academy, Mar. 17, 1815, to July 1, 1820, when he was
graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., 6th
Infantry, July 1, 1820.
Served: in
conducting recruits to Ft. Atkinson, Council Bluffs, Io., 1820-21; on
frontier duty at Ft. Atkinson, Io., 1821-23; on the Arickaree Expedition,
1823, being in command of the Artillery engaged in
(First Lieut., 6th
Infantry, Aug. 11, 1823)
the Attack on the Indian
Towns, Aug. 9-11, 1823; on frontier duty at Ft. Atkinson, Io., 1823-24; in
garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice),
(Transferred to 4th
Artillery, July 30, 1824)
1824-27; on Ordnance duty,
July 2, 1827, to mar. 6, 1828; in garrison at Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1828-29,
-- Ft. Delaware, Del., 1829-30, 1830-31, -- and New Castle, Del., 1831; on
Recruiting service, 1831; in garrison at New Castle, Del., 1831-32, --
Charleston harbor, S. C., 1832-33, during South Carolina’s threatened
nullification, -- Ft. Monroe, Va., 1833, -- Ft. Gratiot, Mich., 1833-34, --
and Ft. Trumbull, Ct., 1834-36; in Operations in Creek Nation, 1836; in the
(Captain, 4th
Artillery, Dec. 17, 1836)
Florida War against the
Seminole Indians, 1836-37, and 1837-38, as Major, Reg. Mounted Creek
Volunteers, Sep. 1, 1836, to June 13, 1837, being engaged in the Battle of
Wahoo Swamp, Nov. 21, 1836, and Skirmish of Hatchceluskee Creek, June 27,
1837; in the Cherokee Nation,
(Bvt. Major, Jan. 27, 1837,
for Gallant Conduct on Several Occassions,
and General Efficiency in
the War Against the Florida Indians)
1838, while transferring
the Indians to the West; in garrison t Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1838; in the
Florida War, 1838-39; on Recruiting service, 1839; on the Northern Frontier
during Canada Border disturbances, at Detroit, Mich., 1839-41, -- and
Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y. 1841-42; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va., 1842-44,
1844-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico as
Major of the Artillery Battalion of the “Army of Occupation” Apr. 6 to July
15, 1846,m being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, -- and
Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846; on Recruiting service, 1846; in
the War with Mexico, 1846-48, as Prefect of Police and Alcalde of Tampico,
Mex., Dec. 1846, to Nov. 1847, and of Puebla, Nov., 1847, to May, 1848; as
U. S. Indian Agent for the Seminoles in Florida, Nov. 1, 1848, to Sep. 21,
1849; in garrison at Key West, Fla., 1850, -- Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., 1850-52,
-- Ft. Wood, N. Y., 1852-53, -- and Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., 1853-56; in Florida
Hostilities against the Seminole
(Major, 4th
Artillery, Nov. 4, 1853)
Indians, 1856-57; and on
frontier duty, at Ft. Leavenworth, quelling Kansas disturbances, 1857-58, --
Ft. Kearny, Neb., 1858-59, -- and Ft. Ridgely, Min., 1859-61.
Served during the
Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-65: in command
(Lieut.-Colonel, 4th
Artillery, May 14, 1861)
of the Harbor Defenses of
Baltimore, Md., May 1, 1861, to Feb. 1,
(Colonel, 2d Artillery,
Nov. 1, 1861)
(Bvt. Brig.-General, U. S.
Army, June 9, 1862, for Meritorious Service)
1865, -- and of Middle
Department of 8th Army Corps, Feb. 1 to Dec. 11, 1865.
Bvt. Major-General, U. S.
Army, Dec. 10, 1865, for Faith and Meritorious Services During the
Rebellion.
Died Dec. 11, 1865, at Ft.
McHenry, Md.: Aged 64.
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