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Brig. Gen. Charles S. Winder

 

 

 

 

Born: 21 September 1820

Easton, Maryland

Died: 9 August 1862

Battle of Cedar Mountain

 

 

 

 

West Point: 1850

3 March 1855: Captain

1 April 1861: Resigned Commission

16 March 1861: Major CSA

8 July 1861: Colonel

1 March 1862: Brig. Gen.

Brig. Gen. Charles S. Winder

1850: West Point Graduate - 22 of 44

1854: Enroute to Panama, showed heroism during a hurricane, promoted to Captian

3 March 1855: Promoted to Captain

1 April 1861: Resigned Commission

16 March 1861: Appointed Major of Artillery in Regular Confederate Army

12-14 April 1861: Participated in the reduction of Fort Sumter

​8 July 1861: Appointed Colonel

1 Mar 1862: Provisional Rank of Brig. Gen.

1862: Shenandoah Valley Campaign

8 May 1862: Battle of McDowell

25 June - 1 July 1862: Seven Days Battle

9 August 1862: Mortally wounded at Battle of Cedar Mountain

Boatner, Mark M. III., The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1969. p 940

Warner, Ezra J. Generals In Gray - Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ., 1992. p 339-340

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