Background
Williams, George Forrester was born in 1837 in on Rock of Gibraltar. Son of of British Army officer
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George Forrester Williams
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Boyhood in East. and West Indies and Gold Coast of Africa.
Career
Joined staff New York Times, 1856. Served in Civil War as private to brevetted major. Present at battles of Yorktown, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Thoroughfare Gap, Wilderness and other important engagements.
Severely wounded at Malvern Hill, and the Wilderness.
Acted as war correspondent, 1864-1865. Correspondent during Franco-Mexican War, 1867, and saw Maximillian executed at Queretaro.
Volunteer aid, colonel Mexican Army, 1867. Brigadier general and chief of artillery, Guatemalian and Peruvian armies, 1868.
Managing editor New York Times, 1870-1873.
Originated and conducted Poor Children’s Picnics and Fresh Air Fund. Managing editor New York Herald, 1875-1876. Conducted the newsdealer war in 1883-1884 when James Gordon Bennett fought for and compelled sale of the Herald at reduced price.
Later connected with New York World, Advertiser, Recorder, and Journal.
Author: Bullet and Shell. Lucy’s Rebel; The Memorial War Book.
Unfair in Love and War. Across the Lincolnshire; Half a Century of New York Newspaper Life.
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Married Marie Sophia Van Brunt, 1865.
