serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance birth_date rank article_title name
1820-1864 25px united states army fort mchenry , baltimore , maryland 11 december 1865 ballston springs , new york united states of america 1837 23px 31 august 1801 colonel war -rrb- border brevet brigadier general , u.s.a. -lrb- american civil william w. morris -lrb- general -rrb-
 william w. morris
william w. morris -lrb- general -rrb-

william walton morris -lrb- august 31 , 1801 december 11 , 1865 -rrb- was an american soldier and a career officer in the united states army .
he served as a colonel and brevet brigadier general in the regular army -lrb- united states -rrb- , with union army service during the american civil war -lrb- 1861 -- 1865 -rrb- .
morris served as a brigade commander primarily in charge of the defense of fort mchenry and baltimore harbor .
he had several brief periods in command of the viii corps and of the middle department , which almost completely overlapped with each other .
morris died at fort mchenry on december 11 , 1865 .
in 1866 , president andrew johnson nominated morris for posthumous appointment as a brevet major general in the regular united states army to rank from december 10 , 1865 and the united states senate confirmed the appointment on may 4 , 1866 .
