Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 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. |