Maj. Gen. William B. Taliaferro
Born: December 28, 1822
"Belleville" Gloucester County, VA
Died: February 27, 1898
Gloucester County, VA
23 February 1847: Captain
1848: Mustered Out of Service
1861: Colonel
1862: Brigadier General
1 January 1865: Major General
Gen. William B. Teliaferro
1841: Graduated William and Mary, then studied law at Harvard
23 February 1847: Commissioned Captain of Infantry
Mustered out of service at end of Mexican-American War as Major, 9th Infantry
1850-1853: Represented his county in the House of Delegates
1859: Commanded Virginia Military during John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry
1861: Colonel in CSA
4 March 1862: Promoted to Brigadier General
1862: Participated in Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign
8 May 1862: Battle of McDowell
25 May 1862: 1st Battle of Winchester
9 June 1862: Battle of Port Republic
9 August 1862: Battle of Cedar Mountain - took command after Gen. Winder mortally wounded
28 August 1862: Battle of Groveton, was wounded
Sent to Charleston
18 July 1863 Defended Fort Wagner and stayed on James Island
1 January 1865: Promoted to Major General
19 March 1865: Battle of Bentonville - Surrendered with Gen. Johnston
2 May 1865: Paroled at Greensboro as a Major General. (There is no record of his promotion and still signed his signature as Brigadier General
1874-1879: Served in state legislature
1891-1897: Judge in Clousester County Court
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 825-826
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray - Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ., 1992. p 297-298