Union Civil War Soldier and Officer. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of Caleb Williams, a pattern maker. Young Albert grew up in the West End neighborhood of the city and became a bookkeeper by profession at an insurance business on Third Street. In April of 1861, he answered President Lincoln's call for volunteers to crush the rebellion and preserve the Union and enlisted to serve in the 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Williams was mustered into Company F as a Sergeant. He fought with the regiment in western Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee and was promoted to full Sergeant Major after the Battle of Shiloh. A month and half later after the Siege of Corinth had ended, Williams was commissioned in the field to an officer's rank as Lieutenant and Adjutant. While the Union Army was trying to push the rebels out of Middle Tennessee, Albert Williams was killed at the Battle of Stones River on New Year's Eve in 1862, the day before the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. He was buried in Tennessee initially but was removed to Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati a year later in January of 1864.
Union Civil War Soldier and Officer. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of Caleb Williams, a pattern maker. Young Albert grew up in the West End neighborhood of the city and became a bookkeeper by profession at an insurance business on Third Street. In April of 1861, he answered President Lincoln's call for volunteers to crush the rebellion and preserve the Union and enlisted to serve in the 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Williams was mustered into Company F as a Sergeant. He fought with the regiment in western Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee and was promoted to full Sergeant Major after the Battle of Shiloh. A month and half later after the Siege of Corinth had ended, Williams was commissioned in the field to an officer's rank as Lieutenant and Adjutant. While the Union Army was trying to push the rebels out of Middle Tennessee, Albert Williams was killed at the Battle of Stones River on New Year's Eve in 1862, the day before the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. He was buried in Tennessee initially but was removed to Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati a year later in January of 1864.
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Fell At Stone River Dec. 31, 1862
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