Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Powhatan county, Va.” in entry cocke-philip-st-george of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...y Academy in 1832; brigadier-general in the Confederate army in 1861; and was commander of the 5th Brigade in the first engagement of Bull Run.
After eight months service he returned to his home in Powhatan county, Va. , where he died, Dec. 26, 1861.
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