The Dahlgren Raid

[Jim Garrett]

Col. Williamson was a man with gravitas. He was well respected throughout the state, and from an old Virginia family. His wife was the sister to the two Garnett generals and he was not overly ambitious, instead, he was very settled and self-controlled. In Kricks work on Confederate staff officers, he says that Williamson was often mistaken for R.E.Lee. Probably the perfect man to manage an unmanageable situation.