William Y. Roberts

William Y. Roberts was a state representative in Pennsylvania adjutant general, lieutenant governor under the Topeka Constitution, and then a colonel in the Union Army from Kansas during the American Civil War. He was a commander of the 1st Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry.

William Bigler was a mentor to Roberts. He was a supporter of the Topeka Constitutional Convention that President Franklin Pierce opposed. Roberts warned that Civil War would result of efforts at popular sovereignty were rejected.

Roberts was a regimental commander during the American Civil War.

Personal life He was the second husband of Louise Gates.