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William W. Mackall
William Whann Mackall (January 18, 1817 – August 12, 1891) was a Seminole Wars veteran, Mexican-American War veteran and Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was a United States Army officer for 24 years before he resigned his commission in order to join the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, he was a farmer in Fairfax County, Virginia.
==Early life==
William W. Mackall was born on January 18, 1817 in Cecil County, Maryland,〔Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. ''Civil War High Commands''. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 359〕〔Warner, Ezra J. ''Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. ISBN 0-8071-0823-5. pp. 203-204〕 growing up in Childs.〔Pamela James Blumgard, ed., At the Head of the Bay: A Cultural and Architectural History of Cecil County, Maryland 329 (1996).〕 He graduated 8th of 50 cadets in the United States Military Academy class of 1837.〔〔〔Stanchak, John E. "Mackall, William Whann" in ''Historical Times Illustrated History of the Civil War'', edited by Patricia L. Faust. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. ISBN 978-0-06-273116-6. p. 462〕 Mackall married the sister of later Confederate Brigadier General Gilbert Moxley Sorrel.〔
After his graduation from West Point, Mackall was commissioned a second lieutenant of the U.S. Army's 1st Regiment of Artillery.〔 He was promoted to first lieutenant on July 9, 1838.〔 Mackall was ambushed and severely wounded at River Inlet, Florida on February 11, 1839 during the Second Seminole War.〔〔〔Sifakis, Stewart. ''Who Was Who in the Civil War.'' New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 0-8160-1055-2. pp. 417-418〕 He was regimental adjutant between January 20, 1840 and August 31, 1841.〔
Mackall was appointed brevet captain and brevet major for gallantry during the Mexican-American War where he fought in the battles of Monterey, Contreras, Churubusco and Chapultepec.〔 He served as an assistant adjutant general during the war.〔 Mackall was wounded in the arm at the Battle of Chapultepec on September 13, 1847.〔 After the war, Mackall continued to serve as an assistant adjutant general〔 on the frontier, in the U.S. Army's Eastern Division and Department of the Pacific.〔Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. ''The Civil War Dictionary''. New York: McKay, 1988. ISBN 0-8129-1726-X. First published New York, McKay, 1959. pp. 498-499〕 He held the position of assistant adjutant general in the Department of the Pacific on May 11, 1861 when he declined promotion to lieutenant colonel and assistant adjutant general.〔〔 Mackall resigned from the U.S. Army on July 3, 1861.〔〔
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