serviceyears branch death_date allegiance birth_date alt term_end restingplace alma_mater death_place profession battles term_start rank image name predecessor birth_place unit party state district successor article_title
1847 - 1848 , 1861 - 1865 united states army union army 12 october 1878 united states of america union 9 august 1808 a wearing a military uniform with a ribbon pinned to it man with receding hair and a thick beard march 3 , 1853 cave hill cemetery , louisville , kentucky st. mary 's college louisville , kentucky lawyer mexican-american war american civil war march 4 , 1851 35px brigadier general william t. ward cropped.jpg william thomas ward george caldwell amelia county , virginia xx corps whig kentucky 4th james chrisman william thomas ward

william thomas ward

william thomas ward -lrb- august 9 , 1808 -- october 12 , 1878 -rrb- was a brigadier general in the united states army during the american civil war , a united states congressman from the u.s. state kentucky , and member of the kentucky legislature .
