Biography
of
General Willis Arnold GORMAN
Born January 12 1816, Flemingsburg KY
Died May 20 1876, St Paul MN
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, politician, Mexican war, US congressman, Minnesota territorial
governor.
War Service April 1861 Col. of 1st Minnesota, First Bull Run, commanded 1st Bde/Stone's Divn at Ball's Bluff,
September 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/II Corps at Seven Pines,
Antietam,
commanded Dist of Eastern Arkansas, mustered out May 1864.
Post War Career Lawyer, city attorney.