This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WELLS Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SCWBAIB/4603 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh/Default.htm Note: This is not my ancestry. I have NO additional information. I am just passing along information that may be useful. WELLS, WILLIAM Rank and organization: Major, 1st Vermont Cavalry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: Waterbury, Vt. Born: 14 December 1837, Waterbury, Vt. Date of issue: 8 September 1891. Citation: Led the second battalion of his regiment in a daring charge.