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MAJ Alfred Madison Barbour

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MAJ Alfred Madison Barbour

Birth
Death
4 Apr 1866 (aged 36)
Burial
Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Superintendant of the Harper's Ferry Armory during John Brown's Raid. Confederate officer. Born in Culpeper County, VA. Attended University of Virginia and Harvard Law School. Prewar legislator. Superintendant at Harper's Ferry 1858-1861. Confederate quartermaster. Aide to General J.E. Johnston, later to Polk. Also served in Montgomery AL and Meridian MS as quartermaster. Disliked by Jubal Early, who termed him "not energetic or efficent."
Superintendant of the Harper's Ferry Armory during John Brown's Raid. Confederate officer. Born in Culpeper County, VA. Attended University of Virginia and Harvard Law School. Prewar legislator. Superintendant at Harper's Ferry 1858-1861. Confederate quartermaster. Aide to General J.E. Johnston, later to Polk. Also served in Montgomery AL and Meridian MS as quartermaster. Disliked by Jubal Early, who termed him "not energetic or efficent."


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