George Washington Williams

George Washington Williams was an American Civil War soldier, Christian minister, politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer on AfricanAmerican history.

Williams was born in 1849 in Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, to Thomas and Ellen Rouse Williams. The state had abolished slavery after the American Revolution. He was the oldest of four children his brothers were John, Thomas and Harry Lawsom. He had a limited education and a stint in a house of refuge where he learned barbering. Williams enlisted in the Union Army under an assumed name when he was onlyhe fought during the final battles of the American Civil War.

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