general of volunteers and assigned to command a brigade in the II Corps in Army of the Potomac during the Peninsular Campaign. His troops suffered high casualties during the Battle of Antietam in an ill-fated attack on Confederate positions in the West Woods. Later in the year, he was assigned to command the District of Eastern Arkansas. Postbellum In 1864 he left the service and resumed his law practice in St. Paul. He was elected City attorney in 1869, and continued in that position until his death. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) References Retrieved on 2008-02-14 The personal papers of Willis A. Gorman are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society. External links 1816 births 1876 deaths People from Flemingsburg, Kentucky Indiana lawyers Minnesota lawyers American military personnel of the Mexican–American War Governors of Minnesota Territory Democratic Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Union Army generals United States Army officers People of Minnesota in the American Civil War American people of Irish descent Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers