Maj. Gen. James F. Fagan
Born: March 1, 1828
Clark County, Kentucky
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Died: September 1, 1893
Little Rock, Arkansas
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1861: Colonel
November 12, 1862: Brig. General
April 24, 1864: Major General
Maj. Gen. James F. Fagan
November 1 1852 - November 6, 1854: Arkansas House of Representatives from Saline County
November 5, 1860 - November 3, 1862: Arkansas Senate
Mexican-American War: United States Volunteers with Company C, Arkansas C, Arkansas Mounted Infantry Regiment, promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
Raised a company for the Confederate States Army
May 6, 1861: His unit was folded into the 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment
Was elected Colonel of the combined 600 man regiment
April 6-7, 1862: Battle of Shiloh
April 29 - June 10, 1862: Siege of Corinth
Transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Theater
November 8, 1862: Battle of Cane Hill
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September 12, 1862: Brigadier General - assumed command of a brigade composed of the 34th, 35th, 37th Arkansas and Hawthorne's Arkansas Infantry Regiments
December 7, 1862: Battle of Prairie Grove - in command of the 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment
July 4, 1863, Battle of Helena - made frontal assaults on U.S. Artillery batteries
April 25, 1864: Battle of Mark's Mill
April 24, 1864: Major General
September 27, 1864: Battle of Fort Davidson
October 25, 1864: Battle of Mine Creek
End of war was in command of Arkansas of the Trans-Mississippi Department until late April 1865
1874: Brooks-Baxter War
1875: Appointed U.S. Marshall by President Grant working for Hanging Judge Parker
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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 271
James Fleming Fagan. 11 December 2024. web. 18 January 2025
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 85-86
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