Military officer; born in
Georgetown, D. C., Feb. 8, 1817; graduated at
West Point in 1840; served in the
Mexican War, and received the brevet of captain.
He joined.
the Confederate army in 1861; was
promoted to major-general in 1862; and was conspicuous in the Shenandoah Valley, in the battles near
Richmond,
Malvern Hill,
Cedar Mountain,
Gettysburg, the
Wilderness.
Spottsylvania Court-house, and during the siege of
Petersburg.
In the
battle of Groveton (q. v.) he lost a leg, and in May, 1863, was made lieutenant-general.
He was engaged in stock-raising in
Spring Hill, Tenn., at the time of his death, Jan. 25, 1872.
