Named Entity Browser, Alexander MacRae

Home Collections/Texts Perseus Catalog Research Grants Open Source About Help

Search for dates:

From:		,
	Month	Day	Year
To:		,

Enter a month, day and/or year to search for references to that date. You do not need to fill out every field: searching only for "1863" will find all references to the year 1863, while searching for "July 4" will find all references to the 4th of July, regardless of year.

Enter a starting date and an ending date to find all occurrences of dates in between.

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document	Max. Freq	Min. Freq
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans)	5	1	Browse	Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.)	1	1	Browse	Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans). You can also browse the collection for Alexander MacRae or search for Alexander MacRae in all documents.

Your search returned 3 results in 1 document section:

D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)

idence at Goldsboro. Brigadier-General William MacRAEae Brigadier-General William MacRae was born at Wilmington, N. C., September 9, 1834, the son of Gen. Alexander MacRae, whose wife was the daughter of Zilpah McClammy. His family was descended from the clan MacRae, of Rosshire, Scotland, whose valor is recorded in the histning the army of Northern Virginia, he was distinguished for valor at the battle of Bristoe Station. After General Kirkland was wounded at Cold Harbor, 1864, Colonel MacRae, with the temporary rank of brigadier-general, was assigned to the command of that brigade, General Pettigrew's old command, and he proved a fit leader for thderal battery which was fought with valor equal to that of its assailants. It may be said that the success of this assault was largely due to the keenness of General MacRae in selecting the moment to strike without waiting for orders. At Burgess' Mill, October 27, 1864, he displayed remarkable coolness and gallantry. Having adv

Search for a person:
In:	Forenames Surnames Full name

Named Entity Results, Alexander MacRae