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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

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