Military officer; born in
Scott county, Ky., Jan. 1, 1822; graduated at
West Point in 1842; served in the war against
Mexico; and resigned, for the consideration of $10,000 from the Cuban fund, to join a projected expedition against
Cuba, under
General Quitman, in 1854.
He afterwards settled
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in New York City, and was street commissioner there, when he joined the
Confederates under
Gen. Mansfield Lovell, at New Orleans.
He was commissioned major-general, and after
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was wounded at
Fair Oaks he took command of his army temporarily.
In 1864 he commanded at
Augusta, Ga., and was captured at
Marion (April 20, 1865) by
General Wilson.
After the war he was in business in
Tennessee,
Kentucky, and New York City.