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Little Rock: Parke-Harper Publishing Co., 1922.

Dougan, Michael. In short order, Woodruff jumped into the life of this new land, embroiling himself in the fiery—sometimes deadly—politics of the times.

William E. Woodruff (soldier)

American colonel and lawyer

Not to be confused with William E. Woodruff (politician).

William Elihu Woodruff was an American soldier who served as colonel of the 25th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.

In 1863, he served as the first vice president of the Arkansas Historical Society. He established strong ties with the local Republican Party.[2]

Early in the war, Woodruff was colonel of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry. He was captured at the Battle of Scary Creek in western Virginia in 1861 and imprisoned for nine months in a Confederateprisoner-of-war camp.

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  • ^Hughes & Whitney, pp. Little Rock: August House, 2003.

    Lucke, Jessie Ryan. He served as state treasurer in 1836 and, for twenty-three years beginning in 1833, served as agent for paying military pensioners. Shortly after he arrived at Arkansas Post, Woodruff had his first run-in with Territorial Secretary Robert Crittenden.

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    In office
    October 17, 1845 – September 3, 1846Nominated byJames K. PolkPreceded byBarnett WilliamsSucceeded byLambert ReardonIn office
    October 1, 1836 – November 20, 1838Preceded byNew officeSucceeded byJohn HuttBorn

    William Edward Woodruff


    (1795-12-24)December 24, 1795
    Suffolk County, New York, U.S.DiedJune 19, 1885(1885-06-19) (aged 89)
    Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.Resting placeMount Holly Cemetery,
    Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
    34°44′15.3″N92°16′42.5″W / 34.737583°N 92.278472°W / 34.737583; -92.278472Political partyDemocraticSpouseChildren11Signature

    • William Edward Woodruff (December 24, 1795 – June 19, 1885) was an American politician and publisher who served as the first state treasurer of Arkansas from 1836 to 1838.

    It was named after William Totten, a prominent physician in Little Rock, and his son, Captain James Totten, the commander of the U. S. Arsenal there. The Encyclopedia of the New West. The battery’s name was then changed to the Pulaski Light Artillery, in honor of Pulaski County, Arkansas. The new territory offered a prime opportunity for a printer who not only would be able to serve the growing population but, as the first printer in the territory, could expect to be named government printer.

    Woodruff bought on credit “a small stock of old printing materials,” which included four bundles of paper, type cases, ink, incidentals, type, and a second-hand wooden Ramage press.

    Organized in December 1860 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, the Pulaski Light Artillery Battery was originally known as the Totten Light Artillery Battery. In January 1861, Little Rock received erroneous news that Federal reinforcements were marching to reinforce the arsenal.

    william e woodruff biography

    He led a brigade in Jefferson C. Davis's division at the Battle of Stones River in late 1862. They had eleven children­—four sons and seven daughters.

    Woodruff made the Arkansas Gazette a success, selling it and buying it back several times.