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Union General Thomas Williams graduated from West Point in 1837. Among the class of 50 graduating cadets, Williams ranked 12th. His service in the US Civil War was brief in that he was shot and wounded attempting to stop Confederate forces under General Breckenridge from retaking Baton Rouge in August of 1862.

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