Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart
Born: October 2, 1821
Rogersville, Tennessee
Died: August 20, 1908
Biloxi, Mississippi
1842: West Point Graduate
1842: 2nd Lieutenant
May 31, 1845: Resigned commission
May 17, 1861: Accepted Commission (CSA)
November 8, 1861: Brigadier General
June 2, 1863: Major General
June 23, 1864: Appointed temporary Lieutenant General
Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart
June 24, 1863: Battle of Hoover's Gap
September 19-20-1863: Battle of Chickamauga - Wounded in fighting on the 19th
November 25, 1863: Battle of Missionary Ridge
May 7-13, 1863: Battle of Rocky Face Ridge
May 13-15, 1863: Battle of Resaca
May 25-26, 1863: Battle of New Hope Church
June 27, 1864: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
June 23, 1864: Appointed temporary Lieutenant General
June 20, 1864: Battle of Peachtree Creek
July 28, 1864: Battle of Ezra Church
November 30, 1864: 2nd Battle of Franklin
December 15-16, 1864: Battle of Nashville
March 16, 1865: Battle of Aversboro
March 19, 1865: Battle of Bentonville
April 26, 1865: Army surrendered
May 1, 1865: Paroled
1890-1908: Commissioner of the Chickamuaga and Chattanooga National Military Park
1842: West Point Graduate 12th out of 56
1842: Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Artillery Regiment
May 31, 1845: Resigned his commission and become a professor of mathematics and experimental philosophy
Politically was an anti-secessionist Whig
May 17, 1861: Accepted commission as Major in the artillery of the Tennessee Militia
August 15, 1861: Entered the Confederacy as a Major of Artillery
November 8, 1861: Promoted to Brigadier General
March 10, 1862: Battle of New Madrid
April 6-7, 1862: Battle of Shiloh
April 29 - June 10, 1862: Siege of Corinth
October 8, 1862: Battle of Perryville
December 30, 1862 - January 3, 1863: Battle of Stones River
June 2, 1863: Promoted to Major General
Alexander P. Stewart. 18 September 2021. web. 9 November 2022.
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 798-799
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 293-294