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May 28, 1819 Huntsville, Alabama, United States Died on 14 Aug 1907 (aged 88)
Union Army general and lawyer
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About William Birney
- William Birney (May 28, 1819 – August 14, 1907) was a professor, Union Army general during the American Civil War, attorney and author.
- An ardent abolitionist, he was noted for encouraging thousands of free black men to join the Union army. Birney was a son of prominent Southern abolitionist leader James G.
- Birney and the older brother of Civil War general David B.
- Birney.
- Another brother, James M.
- Birney, served as Lieutenant Governor of Michigan in 1860.
- A cousin, Humphrey Marshall was a U.S.
- Congressman and a general in the Confederate States Army.
