Captain William Andrew Winder (born September 1823 – March 6, 1903) was a U.S. Army Commanding Officer of Fort Alcatraz (1861–64).
[2] At the beginning of the war, Albert Sidney Johnston was in command of the Department of the Pacific and Winder was in charge of Alcatraz.
[3] October 21, 1861, his company moved to Washington, D.C. where they stayed until January, 1862,[2] serving with the Artillery Reserve of the Army of the Potomac.
In January 1867, he applied to the President for reinstatement, stating, "My resignation was tendered while under the impression that the honorable Secretary of War was unfriendly toward me."
Their son, William Winder, was an officer in the US Navy and served on the USS Raleigh in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.