1823 June 20, born in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of George Ravenscroft Claiborne and Nancy Robertson
1843 admitted to bar in Nashville
___ removed to Trenton, Tennessee, where he edited True American
1845 appointed to a clerkship in the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C.
1846 May 27, appointed by President Polk as Second Lieutenant of Company D of the Mounted Rifles at beginning of the Mexican War
1847 April 16, promoted to First Lieutenant and commanded S. H. Watkin's Company C; participated in the attack at Cerro Gordo, Mexico
1851 August 19, married Annie Armstrong Maxwell, eldest daughter of Jesse Maxwell
1853 August, promoted to Captain
1856-1861 served in New Mexico in the several Indian campaigns
1861 May 14, resigned his commission in the United States Army and offered his services to the Confederacy
1861-1865 during the Civil War rose from the rank of captain to colonel while serving under the commands of Generals Joseph E. Johnston, Albert Sidney Johnston, P.T.G. Beauregard, S. B. Buckner and E. Kirby Smith
1865-1903 farmed near Nashville
1882- served as president of the Mexican war veterans of Tennessee and later as president of the Confederate Veterans Association of Tennessee
1911 June 2, died in Nashville and interred in Mt. Olivet Cemetery
1843 admitted to bar in Nashville
___ removed to Trenton, Tennessee, where he edited True American
1845 appointed to a clerkship in the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C.
1846 May 27, appointed by President Polk as Second Lieutenant of Company D of the Mounted Rifles at beginning of the Mexican War
1847 April 16, promoted to First Lieutenant and commanded S. H. Watkin's Company C; participated in the attack at Cerro Gordo, Mexico
1851 August 19, married Annie Armstrong Maxwell, eldest daughter of Jesse Maxwell
1853 August, promoted to Captain
1856-1861 served in New Mexico in the several Indian campaigns
1861 May 14, resigned his commission in the United States Army and offered his services to the Confederacy
1861-1865 during the Civil War rose from the rank of captain to colonel while serving under the commands of Generals Joseph E. Johnston, Albert Sidney Johnston, P.T.G. Beauregard, S. B. Buckner and E. Kirby Smith
1865-1903 farmed near Nashville
1882- served as president of the Mexican war veterans of Tennessee and later as president of the Confederate Veterans Association of Tennessee
1911 June 2, died in Nashville and interred in Mt. Olivet Cemetery
1823 June 20, born in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of George Ravenscroft Claiborne and Nancy Robertson
1843 admitted to bar in Nashville
___ removed to Trenton, Tennessee, where he edited True American
1845 appointed to a clerkship in the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C.
1846 May 27, appointed by President Polk as Second Lieutenant of Company D of the Mounted Rifles at beginning of the Mexican War
1847 April 16, promoted to First Lieutenant and commanded S. H. Watkin's Company C; participated in the attack at Cerro Gordo, Mexico
1851 August 19, married Annie Armstrong Maxwell, eldest daughter of Jesse Maxwell
1853 August, promoted to Captain
1856-1861 served in New Mexico in the several Indian campaigns
1861 May 14, resigned his commission in the United States Army and offered his services to the Confederacy
1861-1865 during the Civil War rose from the rank of captain to colonel while serving under the commands of Generals Joseph E. Johnston, Albert Sidney Johnston, P.T.G. Beauregard, S. B. Buckner and E. Kirby Smith
1865-1903 farmed near Nashville
1882- served as president of the Mexican war veterans of Tennessee and later as president of the Confederate Veterans Association of Tennessee
1911 June 2, died in Nashville and interred in Mt. Olivet Cemetery
1843 admitted to bar in Nashville
___ removed to Trenton, Tennessee, where he edited True American
1845 appointed to a clerkship in the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C.
1846 May 27, appointed by President Polk as Second Lieutenant of Company D of the Mounted Rifles at beginning of the Mexican War
1847 April 16, promoted to First Lieutenant and commanded S. H. Watkin's Company C; participated in the attack at Cerro Gordo, Mexico
1851 August 19, married Annie Armstrong Maxwell, eldest daughter of Jesse Maxwell
1853 August, promoted to Captain
1856-1861 served in New Mexico in the several Indian campaigns
1861 May 14, resigned his commission in the United States Army and offered his services to the Confederacy
1861-1865 during the Civil War rose from the rank of captain to colonel while serving under the commands of Generals Joseph E. Johnston, Albert Sidney Johnston, P.T.G. Beauregard, S. B. Buckner and E. Kirby Smith
1865-1903 farmed near Nashville
1882- served as president of the Mexican war veterans of Tennessee and later as president of the Confederate Veterans Association of Tennessee
1911 June 2, died in Nashville and interred in Mt. Olivet Cemetery
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