Born: April 10, 1806
Raleigh, North Carolina
Died: June 14, 1864
Pine Mountain, Georgia
West Point: July 1827
2nd Lieutenant: July 1827
Resigned US Army: Dec. 1827
Maj. Gen. CSA: June 25, 1861
Lt. Gen. CSA: Oct. 11, 1861
July 1827: West Point Graduate - 8th in Class of 38
December 1, 1827: Resigned U.S. Army to attend Virginia Theological Seminary
June 25, 1861: Commissioned Major General CSA
November 7, 1861: Battle of Belmont
April 1862: Commander, First Corps, Army of the Mississippi
April 6-7, 1862: Battle of Shiloh
Fall 1862: Temporary Commander, Army of the Mississippi
October 8, 1862: Battle of Perryville
October 11, 1862: Promoted to Lieutenant General
November 1862 - September 1863: Commander, First Corps Army of the Tennessee
September 19-20, 1863: Battle of Chickamauga
December 23, 1863 - January 28, 1864: Commander, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
January 28, 1864 - May 4, 1864: Commander, Department of Alabama and East Mississippi
February 1864: Sherman's Raid against Meridian, Mississippi
May 4, 1864: Commander, Third Corps, Army of Tennessee
June 14, 1864: Killed in action when artillery fire nearly cut him in half
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1959. pgs 657-658
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Leaders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 242-243