Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Fayette, Missouri, he graduated 23rd in the West Point class of 1852. Brevetted 2nd Lieutenant, he was given a 1-year assignment at the Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania. He received his commission and transfer to the prestigious 2nd United States Regular Cavalry on December 1, 1856, and was sent to the Texas frontier. Since his loyalty lay with the South, he resigned his commission on March 21, 1861, to enter Confederate service on the staffs of Brigadier Generals Earl Van Dorn and David E. Twiggs. At The Battel of Wilson's Creek in August he fought with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Missouri State Guard, serving afterward as chief of artillery to Van Dorn at Vicksburg in 1862, where he helped check the Union fleet from advancing on the city. The next year he fought conspicuously as Colonel of 3 Texas cavalry regiments during operations along the Teche River. Promoted to Brigadier General, he rendered his most important service thereafter during the Red River Campaign of 1864 leading his dismounted troops aggressively at the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. Toward the end of the war he had charge of a cavalry brigade in Major General John A. Wharton's command. He was paroled at New Iberia, Louisiana, on June 11, 1865. Unwilling to accept defeat, he lived briefly in France before establishing himself as a planter in Louisiana and Texas. He died while on business in Austin, Texas.
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Fayette, Missouri, he graduated 23rd in the West Point class of 1852. Brevetted 2nd Lieutenant, he was given a 1-year assignment at the Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania. He received his commission and transfer to the prestigious 2nd United States Regular Cavalry on December 1, 1856, and was sent to the Texas frontier. Since his loyalty lay with the South, he resigned his commission on March 21, 1861, to enter Confederate service on the staffs of Brigadier Generals Earl Van Dorn and David E. Twiggs. At The Battel of Wilson's Creek in August he fought with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Missouri State Guard, serving afterward as chief of artillery to Van Dorn at Vicksburg in 1862, where he helped check the Union fleet from advancing on the city. The next year he fought conspicuously as Colonel of 3 Texas cavalry regiments during operations along the Teche River. Promoted to Brigadier General, he rendered his most important service thereafter during the Red River Campaign of 1864 leading his dismounted troops aggressively at the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. Toward the end of the war he had charge of a cavalry brigade in Major General John A. Wharton's command. He was paroled at New Iberia, Louisiana, on June 11, 1865. Unwilling to accept defeat, he lived briefly in France before establishing himself as a planter in Louisiana and Texas. He died while on business in Austin, Texas.
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