War Service 1861 elected Maj. of 1st North Carolina Volunteers, Big Bethel, Lt. Col., September 1861 Col. of 28th North Carolina, Seven Days (w), Sharpsburg, November 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Lane’s Brigade/Hill’s Division at Chancellorsville, commanded 2nd Brigade/Pender’s Division at Gettysburg, Cold Harbor (w), commanded Lane’s Brigadede/Wilcox’s Division at Petersburg, Appomattox.

Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Fought in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. He was a teacher at Auburn University after the war.