1st Lt. James Williamson - Colonie, NY
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N 42° 42.341 W 073° 43.944
18T E 603812 N 4728911
The grave of 1st Lt. James Williamson, who was killed during the Civil War at the Siege of Port Hudson, LA, is located in Albany Rural Cemetery in the Village of Menands in Colonie, NY.
Waymark Code: WMYKP7
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2018
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The grave of 1st Lt. James Williamson is marked by a beautiful marble monument shaped to suggest the form of a Union soldier. The top has a sculpture of a soldier's cap and the front has a United States shield superimposed over a crossed sword and scabbard. A second shield, over the U.S. shield, contains the inscription:
IN MEMORY OF
JAMES WILLIAMSON
1st LIEUT. Co. D 177th REGT N.Y.S.V.
WHO FELL WHILE BRAVELY LEADING
HIS MEN ON TO THE CHARGE
BEFORE PORT-HUDSON
MAY 27TH 1863
AGED 33 YEARS 8 MONTHS
AND 25 DAYS
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ERECTED BY HIS
WIDOW
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