William Scott Ketchum

William Scott Ketchum

William Scott Ketchum (1813–1871), U. S. Army officer before and during the American Civil War.

William Scott Ketchum was born on July 7, 1813, in Norwalk, Connecticut. Graduated from the United States Military Academy, at West Point, New York, in 1834. He served in the Seminole Wars and on the Western frontier.[1] During the 1857 Cheyenne Expedition of Col. Edwin Vose Sumner against the Cheyenne and the Battle of Solomon's Fork, Captain Ketchum of G Company commanded the 6th Infantry Regiment detachment (of C, D and G Companies).[2]

  1. ^ Jack D. Welsh, Medical Histories of Union Generals: William Scott Ketchum, Kent State University Press, 2005. pp. 191-192
  2. ^ William Y. Chalfant, Cheyennes and Horse Soldiers: The 1857 Expedition and the Battle of Solomon's Fork, University of Oklahoma Press, 2002