28-453: William Wells may refer to: Military [ edit ] William Wells (general) (1837–1892), U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient for the Battle of Gettysburg William Wells (sailor) (1832–1868), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient William Wells (soldier) (1770–1812), American army officer and adopted member of
56-652: A fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away Justine Welles , a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away Wade Welles , a main character from the television series Sliders Given name [ edit ] Welles Crowther (1977–2001), a hero of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City See also [ edit ] Wells (name) References [ edit ] ^ "Welles" . Dictionary of American Family Names . Oxford University Press. 2013. [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
84-511: A gun, and was again wounded, by a shell. Congress later awarded Wells a Medal of Honor "for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863." After the return of the regiment from the Kilpatrick raid, in March 1864, Major Wells was detached and placed in command of the 7th Michigan Cavalry (which had lost its commander) for a month. He commanded a battalion of Sheridan's cavalry at
112-841: Is a composite of information from the following articles, all of which are in the public domain: The three articles, in their entirety, with additional links and material, are available on the Vermont in the Civil War website. Welles (name) This article is about the name. For other uses, see Welles (disambiguation) . Not to be confused with Wells (name) or Wells (disambiguation) . Welles Origin Word/name English Meaning "spring" Region of origin English Other names Variant form(s) Well, Wells Welles
140-822: Is an English locational surname originating from Well, a village and mill in Lincolnshire . Its oldest public record is noted ca. 1086. Variations include Well and Wells . People with the name include: Surname [ edit ] Anne Welles, Countess of Ormond (1360–1397) Baron Welles (disambiguation) Beatrice Welles-Smith , daughter of Orson Welles Benjamin Welles (1857-1935), American philanthropist Chris Welles Feder , daughter of Orson Welles Edmund Welles , an American bass clarinet quartet Egon Wellesz (1885–1974), Austrian composer, teacher and musicologist Elliot Welles (1927–2006), Holocaust survivor Gideon Welles (1802–1878), U.S. Secretary of
168-620: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Wells (general) William W. Wells, Jr. (December 14, 1837 – April 29, 1892) was a businessman, politician, and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War who received a Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg . Wells was born in Waterbury, Vermont ,
196-475: The Battle of Yellow Tavern , in which J.E.B. Stuart was killed. Wells was promoted to colonel on June 4, 1864. From September 1864 to April 1865, he was several times in command of the Third Cavalry Division. In the Battle of Tom's Brook , Virginia (October 9, 1864), a cavalry action, Wells commanded a brigade of Custer 's division, and at Cedar Creek , his brigade took a foremost part in turning
224-416: The surname Welles . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Welles_(name)&oldid=1223162849 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
252-823: The Burlington Gas-Light Company, president of the Burlington Board of Trade, director in the Burlington Cold Storage Company, director in the Rutland Railroad Company and director in the Champlain Transportation Company. He was a member and a vestryman of St. Paul's church, and was one of the trustees of the Young Men's Christian Association of Burlington, and one of its most liberal supporters. Few men, if any, touched
280-495: The Cavalry Corps, which led the advance. Wells participated in seventy cavalry engagements, in eighteen of which he led a brigade or division. He was honorably mustered out of army January 15, 1866. Soon after General Wells' return to civil life, he became a partner in a firm of wholesale druggists at Waterbury. In 1868 they transferred their business to Burlington , which was thereafter his residence. He represented Waterbury in
308-670: The Commandery. He was a member of Stannard Post, No. 2, G. A. R. , Department of Vermont, and would have been made department commander several years ago had he been willing to accept an election as such. He was a member of the Vermont Society of Sons of the American Revolution . General Wells was identified with many important business enterprises in the city, being president of the Burlington Trust Company, president of
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#1732859016501336-589: The Gilded Age See also [ edit ] Welles (name) Wells (name) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Wells&oldid=1251604249 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
364-1440: The Maine House of Representatives William Wells (1908–1990) , barrister, MP for Walsall North from 1945–74 William Wells (New Zealand politician) (1810–1893), member of the New Zealand Parliament William Wells (1818–1889) , British Liberal Member of Parliament Religion [ edit ] William Wells (bishop) (died 1444), English Roman Catholic Bishop of Rochester William Wells (priest) (died 1675), English Church of England Archdeacon of Colchester William Wells (minister) (1744–1827), minister and farmer Other fields [ edit ] William Charles Wells (1757–1817), Scottish-American physician and printer William F. Wells (1886–1963), American scientist and sanitary engineer William Frederick Wells (1762–1836), English watercolour painter and etcher William H. Wells (educator) (1812–1865), educator who served as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools William Wells (whaling master) (1815–1880), English captain of whaling ships William George Wells (1939–2021), Chief Scout Commissioner of Scouts Australia William Wells (cricketer) (1881–1939), English cricketer William Storrs Wells (1849–1926), American businessman, prominent in New York society during
392-1150: The Miami tribe William Lewis Wells (1895–1918), World War I flying ace Music [ edit ] Bill Wells (born c. 1963), Scottish musician Dicky Wells (William Wells, 1907–1985), American jazz trombonist Sports [ edit ] Billy Wells (American football) (William Prescott Wells, 1931–2001), American professional football player Bombardier Billy Wells (William Thomas Wells, 1889–1967), English heavyweight boxer William Wells (boxer) (1936–2008), British Olympic boxer Willie Wells (1906–1989), American professional baseball player Willie Wells Jr. (1922–1994), American professional baseball player Bill Wells (footballer) (1920–2013), Australian rules footballer Billy Wells (footballer) (1916–1984), Australian rules footballer Politics [ edit ] William Benjamin Wells (1809–1881), Canadian lawyer, judge, journalist and politician William H. Wells (1769–1829), American lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware William S. Wells (1848–1916), member of
420-511: The Navy, 1861–1869 Gwen Welles (1947–1993), film and stage actress Harry Welles Rusk (1852–1926), U.S. politician Jeanne Kohl-Welles , Washington State senator Jennifer Welles , American porn star Jesse Welles , American voice actress Joan Welles, 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (died 1475) John de Welles, 5th Baron Welles (1352–1421) John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles (1450–1499) Lawson Welles (b. 1975) American film
448-537: The business house known the world over as the Wells Richardson Company, manufacturer of Paine's Celery Compound . General Wells was married with two children — Frank Richardson and Bertha Richardson Wells (who later married Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson ). In 1886, Wells was a member of the Vermont State Senate from Chittenden County, Vermont . He was active in veteran soldiers' societies; was one of
476-490: The leading battalion, rode by the side of General Farnsworth , the brigade commander, and, almost by a miracle, came out unharmed, while his commander fell in the midst of the enemy's infantry. A few days later, in the savage cavalry melee at the Battle of Boonsboro in Maryland , Wells was wounded by a sabre cut. At Culpeper Court House, Virginia , September 13, 1863, he charged the enemy's artillery with his regiment and captured
504-443: The legislature of 1865-66, being chairman of the military committee and an influential legislator. In 1866 he was elected adjutant general of Vermont, and held the office until 1872. He was succeeded by James Stevens Peck and accepted appointment as collector of customs for the district of Vermont, a position which he filled with efficiency and credit for thirteen years. At the end of that time, he resumed his active connection with
532-541: The life of the community in which he lived in so many important capacities. His sudden death from angina pectoris in New York City removed, while in the prime of life, a most genial, courteous and kind-hearted man, a gallant soldier, and one of the most respected citizens of the Green Mountain state. Burlington effectively shut down for his funeral. His remains lie at Lakeview Cemetery on North Avenue. This article
560-820: The presidents of the Reunion Society of Vermont Officers , and president of the Society of the First Vermont Cavalry. He was one of the trustees, and first president of the Vermont Soldiers' Home, and was a member of the Gettysburg Commission of 1889-90. He was the first commander of the Vermont Commandery of the Loyal Legion , and would have been re-elected had he lived until the coming annual meeting of
588-555: The rout of the morning into a decisive victory at nightfall, capturing forty-five of the forty-eight pieces of artillery taken from Jubal Early 's fleeing army. Wells was appointed brevet brigadier general of volunteers on February 22, 1865. On the personal recommendations of Generals Sheridan and Custer , Wells was commissioned brigadier general May 16, 1865, and he was appointed brevet major general of volunteers, March 30, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious service," having received more promotions than any other Vermont officer during
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#1732859016501616-534: The spring of 1861, he was his father's assistant in his extensive business. At the outbreak of the Civil War, William Wells and three of his brothers joined the Union army. Wells enlisted as a private soldier on September 9, 1861, and assisted in raising Company C of the 1st Vermont Cavalry. He was sworn into Federal service October 3, 1861, and was soon promoted first lieutenant and then captain in November of that year. He
644-571: The third of ten children (nine boys) of William and Eliza Wells. He began his education in the common schools of his native town, and mastered the higher branches in Barre Academy and Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire . While in Barre at the age of 17, he used an odometer in surveying for a county map of Caledonia County , a task which occupied him for two months. From the age of nineteen until
672-457: The war (from Private to General in less than three and a half years). Wells served under Generals Kilpatrick, Sheridan, and Custer, and was with Kilpatrick in his famous raid on Richmond , and with James H. Wilson in his daring foray to the south of that city. At Appomattox Court House , on the morning of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia , Wells' brigade had started on its last charge and
700-695: The writer, director and producer Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles (1406–1461) Marc Welles , actor, grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, son of Rebecca Welles Mel Welles (1924-2005), American film actor Orson Welles (1915–1985), American actor and director Rebecca Welles , American television actress, spouse of TV director Don Weis Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (executed 1470) Samuel Gardner Welles (1913-1981) American journalist Samuel Paul Welles (1907–1997), American paleontologist Sumner Welles (1892–1961), U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1937–1943 Terri Welles (born 1956), American flight attendant, "Playmate of
728-499: The year" 1981, born Terri Knepper Thomas Welles (1598–1660), American politician Tiffany Welles , a fictional character in the television series Charlie's Angels Tori Welles (born 1967), American porn star Viscount Welles (disambiguation) William Welles Hollister (1818–1886), a Californian rancher and entrepreneur Winthrop Welles Ketcham (1820–1879), American politician Welles , American musician Fictional characters [ edit ] Aaron Welles ,
756-533: Was in the thickest of the fight at Orange Court House, Virginia, August 2, 1862, and was promoted to major on October 30, 1862. Wells commanded the Second Battalion, 1st Vermont Cavalry, in the repulse of Stuart 's Cavalry at the Battle of Hanover during the Gettysburg Campaign . In the famous and desperate cavalry charge on Big Round Top on the third day at Gettysburg (July 3, 1863), he commanded
784-652: Was stopped by General Custer in person. He distinguished himself repeatedly in action. Sheridan remarked: "He is my ideal of a cavalry officer." Following Appomattox, the departure of Sheridan and Custer for Texas left Wells as the ranking officer and last commander of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac . At the Grand Review in Washington, D.C. on May 22, 1865, he commanded the Second Brigade of Custer's Division of
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