"""MAJOR WILLIAM WILLIAMS, 14TH U.S. INFANTRY, New London, Conn. back mark with period ink three line identification, """"William Williams/Major 2nd Battalion/14th US Infantry."""" Williams had served in the Mexican War and enlisted in the 3rd Pennsylvania Infantry before being commissioned major in the war and raising the 14th Infantry in May 1861. He resigned in June 1863. The 14th US was part of Sykes' Regular Brigade, 5th Corps and engaged in heavy fighting during the summer of 1862"""
{}