Gen William Scott Worth

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William Scott Worth was a Brevet Major of the American Civil War and brigadier general of the Spanish–American War. He was known for being the son of Major General William J. Worth and leading the 13th Infantry Regiment during the Battle of San Juan Hill.

William was born on January 6, 1840, at Albany, New York as the only son of William J. Worth and Margaret Stafford Worth. Before the American Civil War broke out, Worth was operating at a silver mine in New Mexico. When news reached upon the Confederate secession, Worth traveled to Washington, D.C. and was mustered as a 2nd Lieutenant within the 8th Infantry Regiment on April 26, 1861, and promoted to 1st Lieutenant on June 7, 1861. Worth was then made an Adjutant from September 5, 1861, to April 13, 1862, as well as being on the General Staff of Henry Jackson Hunt around the summer of 1862, participating at the Battle of Antietam. Around this time, a proposal was made to make Worth the aide-de-camp to Major General Joseph Hooker but continued to serve with Hunt, going on to participate at the Battle of Gettysburg with him. Worth was brevetted two times, once to captain on August 1, 1864, for "assault on the enemy's lines before Petersburg and in the operations in the campaign against Richmond, Va" and to major on April 9, 1865, for "gallant and meritorious service during the campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under gen RE Lee". Around this time, Worth was transferred to serve General George Meade within the Army of the Potomac until the end of the war.

Frontier and Spanish-American War

Wort remained in the U.S. Army and was promoted to captain on January 14, 1866. By 1869, the 8th Infantry Regiment was merged with the 1st Battalion of the 17th Infantry Regiment into the 23rd Infantry Regiment. He went on to serve at Arizona and Oregon for the next 25 years until he was promoted to major on March 9, 1881, within the 2nd Infantry Regiment. On 1880, he married Florence Mansfield who was the daughter of The Reverend Delos Mansfield. He was transferred to the 13th Infantry Regiment as its lieutenant colonel on November 26, 1894. He then lead the 2nd Brigade of the V Corps but was wounded during the Battle of San Juan Hill. After being promoted to colonel of the 16th Infantry Regiment on August 11, 1898, and became a brigadier general of volunteers from July 12, 1898, to October 28, 1898, when was given full generalship on October 29 and held that rank until his retirement on November 9, 1898. Before his death, Worth was a member of the Aztec Society, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the General Society of Colonial Wars, the Society of the Army of the Potomac and the Society of the Cincinnati.

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Services Held in St. George's, Stuyvesant Square—Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack. As the draped flags of the Seventh regiment and the gun carriage on which rested the coffin of General Wiliam S. Worth, United States Army, retired, passed across the island yesterday and encircled the monument which testifies to the valor of the dead veteran's father, many heads were bared. The funeral marches of Chopin and Beethoven throbbed trough the streets. The Seventh regiment, Colonel Appleton; the Second battery, Major Wilson, and a troop of Squadron A, Major Bridgman, escorted the body from the West Fourteenth street pier, to which it had been brought from Staten Island by the government boat General Meigs. Five officers and six enlisted men of the Eighth regiment, Governor's Island, constituted the United States Army escort. The honorary pallbearers, who walked on either side of the gun carriage bearing the coffin, were Generals Charles F. Humphrey and James M. J. Sanno, Colonels Frederick A. Smith and James Allen, Captains A. S. Walker, J. I. Miller, E. M. Johnson, Jr.; Joseph H. Lyman and Traber Norman, all of the United States Army; General Charles F. Roe, New York National Guard; Colonel Daniel Appleton, Lieutenant Colonel William H. Kipp, Major Charles L. Lydecker and Major Walter J. Schuyler, of the Seventh regiment, and John G. Heckscher and Richard H. Halstead. In St. George's Church, Stuyvesant square, where the service for the dead was read, were, among others, General Molineux, a cnmrade in the civil war of General Worth, and Charles J. Murphy, who fought with General Worth's father in the Mexican war. Leaving the church the cortege passed up town to and around the Worth Monument, and thence to the West Twenty-third street ferry, where the escort was dismissed. The firing party and the pallbearers accompanied the body to Nyack, where the burial took place in the Oak hill Cemetery. Taps and three volleys closed the honors to the dead. Source: New York Herald, New York, New York, 20 Oct 1904, Page 13

PAY LAST HONORS TO GENERAL WORTH
National Guard Escorts His Body Across Town to Church and Returns to the Ferry.
VISIT FATHER'S MONUMENT
Services Held in St. George's, Stuyvesant Square—Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack.
As the draped flags of the Seventh regiment and the gun carriage on which rested the coffin of General Wiliam S. Worth, United States Army, retired, passed across the island yesterday and encircled the monument which testifies to the valor of the dead veteran's father, many heads were bared. The funeral marches of Chopin and Beethoven throbbed trough the streets.
The Seventh regiment, Colonel Appleton; the Second battery, Major Wilson, and a troop of Squadron A, Major Bridgman, escorted the body from the West Fourteenth street pier, to which it had been brought from Staten Island by the government boat General Meigs. Five officers and six enlisted men of the Eighth regiment, Governor's Island, constituted the United States Army escort. The honorary pallbearers, who walked on either side of the gun carriage bearing the coffin, were Generals Charles F. Humphrey and James M. J. Sanno, Colonels Frederick A. Smith and James Allen, Captains A. S. Walker, J. I. Miller, E. M. Johnson, Jr.; Joseph H. Lyman and Traber Norman, all of the United States Army; General Charles F. Roe, New York National Guard; Colonel Daniel Appleton, Lieutenant Colonel William H. Kipp, Major Charles L. Lydecker and Major Walter J. Schuyler, of the Seventh regiment, and John G. Heckscher and Richard H. Halstead.
In St. George's Church, Stuyvesant square, where the service for the dead was read, were, among others, General Molineux, a cnmrade in the civil war of General Worth, and Charles J. Murphy, who fought with General Worth's father in the Mexican war.
Leaving the church the cortege passed up town to and around the Worth Monument, and thence to the West Twenty-third street ferry, where the escort was dismissed. The firing party and the pallbearers accompanied the body to Nyack, where the burial took place in the Oak hill Cemetery. Taps and three volleys closed the honors to the dead.
Source: New York Herald, New York, New York, 20 Oct 1904, Page 13* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 12 2023, 16:43:41 UTC