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| Born: | Monday, August 27, 1832 Mt Sidney VA | |
| Died: | Sunday, October 20, 1901 Wytheville VA | |
| Buried: | East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia | |
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Pre-War Profession Lawyer.
War Service 1861 Capt. in Pulaski Guard, served at Harper's Ferry under Jackson, Lt. Col. of 13th Virginia, February 1862 Col., Shenandoah Valley campaign, Seven Days, Second Manassas, commanded Trimble’s Bde/Ewell’s Divn at Sharpsburg (w), commanded Early’ Bde/Ewell’s Divn at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, commanded the Stonewall Brigade/Johnson’s Divn at Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania (w), commanded Early’s Divn/II Corps at Petersburg, Appomattox. Post War Career Farmer, lawyer, politician, lieutenant governor of Virginia, US congressman. Notes As a student at VMI, he challenged T J Jackson to a duel. My Source: Kerry Webb's Website |
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