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James Monroe Williams
Born(1833-09-12)September 12, 1833
Lowville, New York
DiedFebruary 15, 1907(1907-02-15) (aged 73)
Washington, D.C.
Buried
Arlington National Cemetery
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1861–1865, 1866–1873, 1891
RankColonel
Brevet Brigadier General
Commands held1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment
79th United States Colored Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
  • Skirmish at Island Mound
  • Battle of Honey Springs
  • Battle of Poison Springs
Other worklawyer, rancher, merchant

James Monroe Williams (September 12, 1833 – February 15, 1907) was an American lawyer, soldier, and merchant. He served both as a cavalry and as an infantry officer in the Union Army within the Trans-Mississippi Theater during the American Civil War, and was breveted a brigadier general near the end of the conflict.

Williams also helped organize and was the initial commander of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, the first unit of USCT soldiers to see combat. Following the war, Williams remained a soldier until resigning in 1871 to become a rancher, then re-entered the service briefly about twenty years later, and afterwards became a merchant.

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