2 CDV's and personal Thermoplastic Album of Surgeon Alfred Augustus Williams of the 2nd Berdann's SS's wounded at Chancellorsville.  Both ornately signed on verso as seen.  Album contains several idenetified family members.  "My first surgeons, Drs. [George M.] Brennan and [A. C.] Williams, deserve special credit for the coolness displayed in going wherever the discharge of their duties, which often called them to the extreme front, demanded their presence. Dr. Williams, surgeon of my Second Regiment, was wounded by a ball passing through his arm, bet he did not leave his duties for a moment." (from Berdann's report on the battle).
In November of 1860, Alfred Augustus Crawford Williams, a young man of 20 years, had just graduated from Berkshire College as a medical doctor, having attended Union College from 1854 - 1858. In early April of 1861 he was a prosector at Brunswick College, had his passport in hand, and was planning to traveling to Europe at the close of the term to further his education in anatomy. Fate had different plans for AACW.
 
By June 3, 1861 he is listed as an Assistant Surgeon in the 1st New York Light Artillery. He volunteered to leave his unit and go with the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the Fire Zouaves, and found himself wounded and captured by the Confederates at First Bull Run, and sent to Salisbury Prison in North Carolina. He is aboard the Adelaide steamer that arrived in Baltimore on August 20, 1862 along with other released prisoners. By May of 1863 he is reported to be wounded , "by a ball passing through his arm", at Chancellorsville and receives a letter of commendation from his Commander Col. H. Berdan. Berdan stated that even though wounded "he did not leave his duties for a moment." By August 10, 1863, Col. Berdan is sending a letter of "Medical Department" to AACW stating, with regrets, that he can no longer remain in the field with the unit due to his latest wound.