CIVIL WAR GENERAL COLONEL 103rd USCT BUFFALO SOLDIERS 127th NY INFANTRY GOVERNOR

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STEWART LYNDON WOODFORD (1835 – 1913) CIVIL WAR UNION BVT BRIGADIER GENERAL, COLONEL AND COMMANDER OF THE 103rd U.S. COLORED TROOPS INFANTRY, LT. COLONEL OF THE NY 127th INFANTRY REGIMENT, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, U.S. SENATOR FROM NY & U.S. MINISTER TO SPAIN APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT MCKINLEY DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR! Woodford was also a Delegate to the 1860 Chicago Convention which Nominated Abraham Lincoln for President of the United States, and served as Chief of Staff to Major General Quincy A. Gilmore! At the Battle of Honey Hill, Coosawhatchie and Tulafinny, Woodford’s bravery was conspicuous, and he received marked commendation from his superiors. His men were always willing to follow where their plucky colonel led. HERE’S WOODFORD’S SIGNATURE REMOVED FROM A 19th CENTURY AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, SIGNED and DATED: “Stewart L. Woodford, Brooklyn, N.Y., November 14/1882”

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