Earl Van Dorn
Born: September 17, 1820
Birth Place: Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi
Father: Peter Aaron Van Dorn 1773 – 1837
(Buried: Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi)
Mother: Sophia Donelson Caffery
(Buried: Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi)
Wife: Caroline Godbold 1827 – 1876
(Buried: Godbold – Webb – Simms Cemetery, Washington Co., Alabama)
Children:
Olivia Van Dorn Lumsden 1852 – 1874
(Buried: Godbold – Webb – Simms Cemetery, Washington Co., Alabama)
Earl Van Dorn Jr. 1854 – 1884
(Buried: Monroe City Cemetery, Monroe, Louisiana)
Percy Goodbread Van Dorn 1856 – 1879
(Buried: Wrightsboro Cemetery, Wrightsboro, Texas)
Lammie Belle Van Dorn Carr 1858 – 1930
(Buried: Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Texas)
Douglas Van Dorn 1861 – 1906
(Buried: Wrightsboro Cemetery, Wrightsboro, Texas)
Education:
1842: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (52nd out of 56)
Occupation before War:
1842 – 1861: Served in the United States Army, rising to Major
1847 – 1848: Aide to General P. F. Smith
Civil War Career:
1861: Brigadier General in the Mississippi State Militia
1861: Major General, & Commander of Mississippi State Militia
1861: Colonel of 1st Confederate Cavalry, Regulars Regiment
1861: Brigadier General of Confederate Army, Infantry
1861 – 1863: Major General of Confederate Army, Infantry
1862: Confederate Commander at Holly Springs Raid
1862: Commander during the Battle of Pea Ridge
1862: Commander during the Second Battle of Corinth
1863: Confederate Cavalry Commander Dept. of Mississippi, and East Louisiana
1863: Successful during the Battle of Thompson's Station
1863: Shot at his headquarters at Spring Hill, Tennessee
Died: May 7, 1863
Place of Death: Spring Hill, Tennessee
Age at time of Death: 42 years old
Cause of Death: Wounds to the head due to bullet shot from citizen
Burial Place: Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi
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