Robert E. Lee's Reluctant Warrior

The Life of Cavalry Commander and Railroad Businessman, Brigadier General Williams Carter Wickham

Author: Sheridan R. Barringer

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Williams Carter Wickham, a Confederate general, opposed secession, supported Reconstruction, and later led the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.

Williams Carter Wickham fought bravely for the south as a Confederate cavalry officer, finishing the war as a brigadier general. He also steadfastly opposed secession, believing that it was illegal. From a prominent Virginia family, he was a natural leader in the field and, late in the war, Confederate Congress. He rose from the rank of captain and after the war broke with his fellow generals by joining the Republican Party, urging compliance with Reconstruction. He became an organizer of railroad improvements and expansion, becoming leader of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and served in the Virginia State Senate.

About the Author

Sheridan R. "Butch" Barringer lives with his wife Pam in Newport News, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Tech and worked as a mechanical engineer and project manager for nearly four decades with NASA's Langley Research Center. Butch's interests include the Civil War, with an emphasis on the cavalry, physics, cosmology, and reading. Butch is the author of Fighting for General Lee: Confederate General Rufus Barringer and the North Carolina Cavalry Brigade (2016). He is currently working on a biography of Confederate Colonel Thomas T. Munford.