U.S. Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress of the United States. Born the son of Dr. Alfred Bishop Cassels DuBose, he attended the University of Mississippi and graduated in 1856 from Lebanon Law School in Tennessee. He was an owner of a plantation in Arkansas. Before the American Civil War, he practiced law in Tennessee and Georgia. When the conflict began, he was living in Augusta, Georgia, where he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a lieutenant in the 15th Georgia. The regiment eventually was assigned to the brigade of Brigadier General Robert A. Toombs, who was a fiery Georgia politician and his father-in-law. He fought in the Seven Days' Campaign, and at Second Bull Run and Antietam, rising in regimental rank. In January of 1863 he was promoted to colonel and assigned command of his regiment. He and his Georgians, now under Brigadier General Henry L. Benning, were part of Major General John B. Hood's division of the I Corps. At the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, the regiment participated in Hood's charge on the Union III Corps. Benning's brigade fought at Devil's Den and before Little Round Top. In September he led his regiment in another attack, at the Battle of Chickamauga, where he was wounded. The I Corps returned to Virginia, where he saw combat at the Wilderness, in May of 1864. On November 16th, he was promoted to Brigadier General and given command of a brigade in Major General Joseph B. Kershaw's division. He led his brigade in the Petersburg and Appomattox campaigns. On April 6, 1865, at Sayler's Creek, Virginia, he, along with 19 other Confederate officers, were captured. Released from Fort Warren, Massachusetts, in July, he returned to Georgia. His father died in 1865. His wife, Sallie Toombs, died in 1866, days after giving birth to a son and their newborn son died 20 days after birth. His mother assumed the care of his four children. He resumed his law career in Washington, Georgia. After the war, he supported Democratic Party politics, and was a statewide leader after the Reconstruction era. He later served one term as a United States Congressman from Georgia's 5th District from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. While in Congress, he was a member of the House Committee on Patents. He returned to his law practice in Washington, Georgia, where he died after suffering a stroke.
U.S. Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress of the United States. Born the son of Dr. Alfred Bishop Cassels DuBose, he attended the University of Mississippi and graduated in 1856 from Lebanon Law School in Tennessee. He was an owner of a plantation in Arkansas. Before the American Civil War, he practiced law in Tennessee and Georgia. When the conflict began, he was living in Augusta, Georgia, where he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a lieutenant in the 15th Georgia. The regiment eventually was assigned to the brigade of Brigadier General Robert A. Toombs, who was a fiery Georgia politician and his father-in-law. He fought in the Seven Days' Campaign, and at Second Bull Run and Antietam, rising in regimental rank. In January of 1863 he was promoted to colonel and assigned command of his regiment. He and his Georgians, now under Brigadier General Henry L. Benning, were part of Major General John B. Hood's division of the I Corps. At the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, the regiment participated in Hood's charge on the Union III Corps. Benning's brigade fought at Devil's Den and before Little Round Top. In September he led his regiment in another attack, at the Battle of Chickamauga, where he was wounded. The I Corps returned to Virginia, where he saw combat at the Wilderness, in May of 1864. On November 16th, he was promoted to Brigadier General and given command of a brigade in Major General Joseph B. Kershaw's division. He led his brigade in the Petersburg and Appomattox campaigns. On April 6, 1865, at Sayler's Creek, Virginia, he, along with 19 other Confederate officers, were captured. Released from Fort Warren, Massachusetts, in July, he returned to Georgia. His father died in 1865. His wife, Sallie Toombs, died in 1866, days after giving birth to a son and their newborn son died 20 days after birth. His mother assumed the care of his four children. He resumed his law career in Washington, Georgia. After the war, he supported Democratic Party politics, and was a statewide leader after the Reconstruction era. He later served one term as a United States Congressman from Georgia's 5th District from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. While in Congress, he was a member of the House Committee on Patents. He returned to his law practice in Washington, Georgia, where he died after suffering a stroke.
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