Van Dorn, Earl CSA

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VAN DORN, Earl CSA


Born September 17 1820, nr Port Gibson MS
Died May 7 1863, Spring Hill TN
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1842, Mexican War, fought Indians in Texas, resigned January 1861.
War Service March 1861 Col. in Confederate army cavalry, June 1861 Brig. Gen., assigned to Texas, September 1861 Maj. Gen. in command of Trans Mississippi Dept., Elkhorn Tavern, Corinth, given a cavalry command, destroyed the Union supply base at Holly Springs, assassinated by an outraged husband.