Charles Scott Venable (1827-1900) - Find a Grave Memorial

Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Attended Hampden Sydney College, graduated at age 15. Part of an astronomical expedition to the Labrador Coast; taught math at Hampden Sydney, University of Georgia, in Europe, and at South Carolina College. Enlisted in the Hampton Legion. Joined the staff of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in April 1862. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel serving on Lee's staff as an aide-de-camp for the entire War. Post-War, he married twice. He wrote almost a dozen math books and served as a math professor at the University of Virginia after the War. His papers are at the Virginia Historical Society, University of North Carolina, and the University of South Carolina. He also wrote memoirs; his war letters are at the University of Virginia.