Mil- itary officer; born in
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 20, 1820.
He entered the
Mexican War as captain in the 1st Tennessee Regiment; distinguished himself in the battles of
Monterey, Medelin, and
Cerro Gordo, and became colonel of the 3d Tennessee Regiment.
At the conclusion of the war he was appointed major-general of the
Tennessee militia.
When the
Civil War broke out he organized the whole supply department for the Western Army of the
Confederacy—a work in which he was employed when he was appointed brigadiergeneral (September, 1861). He participated in the battles of
Belmont and
Shiloh and accompanied
Bragg on his expedition into
Kentucky in September, 1862.
Later he was promoted to major-general, and was engaged at
Chickamauga,
Chattanooga,,
Nashville, and other places.
After the war he applied himself chiefly to agriculture.
In October, 1885, he was made postmaster of
Nashville.
He died in
Nashville, Sept. 4, 1886.