PERRYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — In his storied career as a federal judge and former director of the FBI and CIA, William Webster was guided partly by the great-grandfather he never knew who died on a Civil War battlefield.

His ancestor, Union Col. George Penny Webster, was mortally wounded in savage fighting at the Battle of Perryville on Oct. 8, 1862, the biggest Civil War confrontation in Kentucky. George Webster had volunteered for action despite having to leave behind a wife, five children and a law practice in Ohio.

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