Confederate Army Officer. A Florida plantation owner at the start of the Civil War, he enlisted in 1861, becoming a 2nd Lieutenant in Company K, 2nd Florida Infantry. By 1863 he was a Major in the 9th Florida Regiment, and he led that regiment at the Battle of Olustee in Florida in 1864. Wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia on June 3, 1864, he was transfered to a Richmond hospital where he died of his wounds three days later.
Confederate Army Officer. A Florida plantation owner at the start of the Civil War, he enlisted in 1861, becoming a 2nd Lieutenant in Company K, 2nd Florida Infantry. By 1863 he was a Major in the 9th Florida Regiment, and he led that regiment at the Battle of Olustee in Florida in 1864. Wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia on June 3, 1864, he was transfered to a Richmond hospital where he died of his wounds three days later.
Bio by: Garver Graver
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