Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1816, Nov. 3 | Born, Rocky Mount, Va. |
1837 | Graduated, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
1837-1838 | Officer, Third Artillery, United States Army Served in Seminole Wars |
1838 | Resigned, United States Army |
1840 | Admitted to the bar of Virginia |
1846-1848 | Major, First Virginia Regiment, United States Army Served in Mexican War |
1861 | Colonel, Confederate States of America Army Organized volunteers in Lynchburg, Va. |
1862 | Wounded, Battle of Williamsburg, Va. |
1863 | Promoted to major general |
1864 | Conducted operations in Maryland and near Washington, D.C. |
1865 | Moved to Mexico |
1865-1869 | Lived in Canada |
1866 | Published A Memoir of the Last Year of the War of Independence, in the Confederate States of America. Toronto: Lovell & Gibson |
1870 | Resumed law practice, Lynchburg, Va. |
1877 | Commissioner, Louisiana lottery |
1894, Mar. 2 | Died, Lynchburg, Va. |