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the Army of Northern Virginia, receiving his division on the organization of the Third Army Corps.
He died in
Staunton, Virginia, July 18, 1863, from wounds received upon the field of
Gettysburg.
（U. S.M. A. 1860) was born in
Lincolnton, North Carolina, May 31, 1837, and was assigned to the artillery at
Fort Monroe.
He resigned in April, 1861, to enter the
Confederate service.
He was made major in the North Carolina State artillery.
He was present at the siege of
Yorktown, and was placed at the head of a North Carolina regiment in April.
He was severely wounded at
Malvern Hill, but returned to the army during the winter of 1862-63, having been made brigadier-general in October.
He led a brigade with great ability in the Second Army Corps at
Chancellorsville and at
Gettysburg.
In the latter battle he was prominent in the capture of the town.
The following year he was again wounded at
Spotsylvania, and as major-general he succeeded to
Early's division, when the latter was placed at the head of the Second Army Corps.
He went to the Shenandoah valley with
Early, and after taking a prominent part in all the principal engagements, he was captured, mortally wounded, at
Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864.
Walker (U. S.M. A. 1837) was born in
Georgia in October, 1816.
While serving in
Florida he was thrice wounded in the battle of Okeechobee, December 25, 1837.
He fought with great distinction in the
Mexican War. Early in 1861, he joined the Confederate army, in which he rose to the rank of major-general in May, 1863.
He had a brigade in the Second Corps, Army of the Mississippi, and later a command in the District of Georgia, under
Beauregard.
He was sent with a brigade to the assistance of
Johnston in the latter's attempt to keep
Grant from
Vicksburg, in May, 1863.
In August, he was given a division in
Hill's Corps, Army of Tennessee, and commanded the reserves at
Chickamauga, after which he was in
Hardee's Corps in the
Chattanooga and
Atlanta campaigns until he was killed at
Decatur, near
Atlanta, July 22, 1864.
was born near the site of
Chapel Hill, Tennessee, July 13, 1821, and became a slave-trader at
Memphis.
In the summer of 1861, he joined the
Tennessee mounted rifles as private, and a month later raised and equipped a force of Confederate cavalry.
He escaped with his battalion from
Fort Donelson, and by the middle of 1862 he had become brigadier-general and was one of the most important officers in the Confederate army.
At the head of his independent cavalry organization, he was active during
Bragg's invasion of
Kentucky and remained there some time.
He was with the Army of Tennessee at
Chickamauga, and in November, 1863, was made major-general and assigned to the command of all the cavalry in
western Tennessee and
northern Mississippi.
In March and April, 1864, he advanced from
Mississippi with a large force.
He captured
Union City with its garrison, and attacked
Paducah, Kentucky.
He fought with
Sooy Smith, and retreating to
Fort Pillow, captured the garrison there, amid great slaughter on April 12th.
He then returned to
Mississippi and began to operate against
Sherman's lines of communication.
He defeated
Sturgis, at
Guntown, on June 10th, but was put to rout by
A. J. Smith, at
Tupelo, on July 14th.
In January, 1865, he was placed in command of the District of Mississippi and
East Louisiana, and on February 28th was made lieutenant-general.
He was defeated at
Selma, Alabama, by the
Federal cavalry-leader,
J. H. Wilson, and surrendered his forces with those of
Lieutenant-General Richard Taylor in May.
After the war he conducted several large plantations.
He died in
Memphis, Tennessee, October 29, 1877.
（U. S.M. A. 1846) was born in
Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 20, 1822, and served in the
Mexican War with distinction.
He taught at
West Point, and served in the
West, being assistant adjutant-general in
New Mexico when the
Civil War broke out. He was dismissed from the service in June, 1861, having enlisted as captain in the Confedate cavalry.
He served with the forces that later became the Army of the West, and after the
battle of Pea Ridge was made brigadier-general.
He had a division in the Army of the West, and commanded the whole force temporarily in June, 1862.
As
major-general, he had a division with
Pemberton's forces in the battle with
Sherman at
Chickasaw Bayou, December 26, 1862.
In 1863, he was placed at the head of the Department of East Tennessee, and in 1864-65, he was in command of the Department of the Gulf, surrendering at
Meridian, Mississippi, May 11, 1865.
He was the founder of the Southern Historical Society, and from 1886 to 1889 was American minister to
Colombia.
He died in
Peoria, Illinois, January 11, 1900.
