Cased ambrotype of a man with a beard shown holding a sword with his hands in front of him. He is wearing a double-breasted uniform coat with dark collar and pointed cuffs. Rank insignia is not clearly visible. A card with the image identifies Woodson as a colonel and states that he was from Liberty, Missouri and served on Gen. Price ?s staff. Service records on Missouri State Archives website state that Lt. Col. William H. Woodson was on Rains ? staff and Clark ?s staff. Woodson did in fact serve on Maj. Gen. Sterling Price ?s staff as Lieutenant Colonel under Brigadier Generals James S. Rain
Cased ambrotype of a man with a beard shown holding a sword with his hands in front of him. He is wearing a double-breasted uniform coat with dark collar and pointed cuffs. Rank insignia is not clearly visible. A card with the image identifies Woodson as a colonel and states that he was from Liberty, Missouri and served on Gen. Price ?s staff. Service records on Missouri State Archives website state that Lt. Col. William H. Woodson was on Rains ? staff and Clark ?s staff. Woodson did in fact serve on Maj. Gen. Sterling Price ?s staff as Lieutenant Colonel under Brigadier Generals James S. Rains and John B. Clark. One source says that Woodson attained the rank of colonel by the age of 21 (see History of Northwest Missouri, vol. 2, p. 1273 and Sterling Price ?s Lieutenants). Title: William H. Woodson, Lieutenant Colonel (Confederate). . between 1861 and 1865.
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