Shafter
WILLIAM RUFUS, an American military officer; born in Galesburg, Mich., Oct. 16, 1835; at the outbreak of the Civil War he entered the 7th Michigan Infantry as a 1st lieuteneng ant, Aug. 22, 1861; engaged in the battles of Fair Oaks, Savage Station, Glendale, and Malvern Hill; became major of the 19th Michigan Infantry, Sept. 5, 1862; was in the action at Thompson Station, Tenn. (taken prisoner in March, 1863, and exchanged in May, 1863); became lieutenant-colonel of the 19th Michigan Infantry, June 5, 1863; colonel of the 17th United States colored troops, April WILLIAM RUFUS SHAFTER the death of his father in 1631. After 19, 1864; brevet brigadier-general of volunteers for gallant and meritorious services during the war; and was mustered out of the volunteer service Nov. 2, 1865.
He entered the regular army and became out of the volunteer service Nov. 2, 1865.
Jan. 26, 1867; assigned to the 24th In- He entered the regular army and became fantry, March 4, 1879; and brigadiergeneral May 3, 1897. On the breaking out of the Spanish-American War he was given command of the army mobilized for the invasion of Cuba; his first defantry, March 4, 1879; and brigadier- general May 3, 1897. On the breaking out of the Spanish-American War he was men in Cuba in about 12 hours without an accident. For details of this campaign see SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. He commanded the Department of California in 1899-1901, and was retired June 30, 1901. He died Nov. 12, 1906.