Warren Fuller Williams was born on December 13, 1839, in Salem, Connecticut, his father, Julius, was 23 and his mother, Sarah (Griffin), was 22. Warren was the oldest of three children, Sarah (1841) and Elizabeth (1844) all of whom were born in Connecticut. By 1860, Warren and his family had moved from Connecticut to Wisconson.

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Warren joined the 14th Wisconsin Infantry in September 1861 and served in the battles of Shiloh, Kenesaw Mountain, Corinth, and the siege of Atlanta. He was discharged in November 1865 as a Private. He then re-enlisted and served four more years.

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He married Almeda Adelia West (1848) on March 30, 1867, in Lind, Wisconsin. In 1878 they loaded up their five children Fred, Kate, Lois, Edith and Seth, along with his parents, and they moved to Brookings, Dakota Territory. Warren and Almeda had four more children, Ebbert (only lived a few months), Warren Elmer (died same day), Grace (died same day) and Grace Marian after they had settled in Dakota Territory. Almeda died two years after Grace Marian was born on June 28, 1885 (she was one of the first buried in Fairview Cemetery). Sadly, Warren also outlived two other children, Grace Marian died at the age of 26 (1909), and Lois died at the age of 41 (1913).  He died on June 3, 1917, in Brookings, South Dakota, having lived a long life of 77 years, and was buried alongside his wife, Almeda, in Fairview Cemetery.

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14th Wisconsin Infantry - Battles

Fought on 7 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN.

• The 14th Wisconsin charged a Confederate battery and drove the enemy from the guns, but was compelled to fall back. It repeated this three times during the day,holding the guns the fourth time, and receiving the sobriquet of the "Wisconsin Regulars," for the determined bravery on this, its first field. It lost 14 killed and 79 wounded and missing.

Fought on 19 Sep 1862 at Iuka, MS.

Fought on 3 Oct 1862 at Corinth, MS.

Fought on 20 Dec 1862 at Trenton, TN.

Fought on 20 Dec 1862 at Holly Springs, MS.

Fought on 18 Jan 1863 at Memphis, TN.

Fought on 22 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.

Fought on 15 Jun 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.

Fought on 18 Jun 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.

Fought on 21 Jun 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.

Fought on 24 Apr 1864 at Red River Expedition.

Fought on 21 May 1864 at Atlanta, GA.

Fought on 9 Jun 1864 at Atlanta, GA.

Fought on 23 Jun 1864 at Atlanta, GA.

Fought on 27 Jun 1864 at Atlanta, GA.

Fought on 13 Jul 1864 at Tupelo, MS.

Fought on 15 Jul 1864 at Tupelo, MS.

Fought on 16 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.

Fought on 22 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.

Fought on 24 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.

Fought on 8 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.

Fought on 14 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.

Fought on 27 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.

Fought on 3 Sep 1864 at Lovejoy Station, GA.

Fought on 4 Sep 1864 at White River, AR.

Fought on 2 Oct 1864.

Fought on 31 Oct 1864 at Cave Springs, GA.

Fought on 15 Dec 1864 at Nashville, TN.

Fought on 6 Jan 1865 at Clinton, TN.

Fought on 27 Mar 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL.

Fought on 28 Mar 1865.

Fought on 4 Apr 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL.

Fought on 5 Apr 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL.

Fought on 8 Apr 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL.

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