01-04-2021 Scandelous!

[Trivia Master]

I was a Confederate cavalry commander. After the war, I was involved in a salacious scandal involving bigamy (my own), theft of railroad bonds, and theft of a pair of binoculars (!). The ignominy of the scandal led me to flee to London, England, where I died in 1897.

Who Am I and What was the name of the young lady who thought that she had legally married me?

credit: @BrianB

 

[hughes]

Phillip Roddey
Carlotta Shotwell

 

[captaindrew]

Phillip Dale Roddey, Carlotta Frances Shotwell

 

[Stone in the wall]

Phillip Dale Roddey
Carlotta Frances Shotwell

 

[streetwiseprof]

Phillip Roddey.
Carlotta Frances Shotwell

 

[Bruce Vail]

Gen. Phillip Roddey.

Edit - No answer given for second part of question.

hoosier

 

[NFB22]

Phillip Roddey & Carlotta Shotwell

 

[stuart1861]

Philip Dale Roddey and Carlotta Frances Shotwell.

 

[Pollaco]

CARLOTTA FRANCES SHOTWELL thought she was legally married to PHILIP DALE RODDEY.

 

[VMIKeydet]

Philip Dale Roddey and Carlotta Shotwell. http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-4196

 

[Ole Miss]

1) Philip Dale Roddey
2) Carlotta Frances Shotwell
Regards
David

 

[Rick Richter]

Philip Dale Roddey
Carlotta Frances Shotwell

 

[General Casey]

Phillip Roddey
Carlotta Frances Shotwell

 

[sarladaise]

Philipp Dale Roddey
Carlotta Frances Shotwell

 

[gjpratt]

You are Phillip D. Roddey and you bigamously married (maybe) Carlotta Frances Shotwell.

Good trivia question to start 2021!

 

[Big Sarge]

Phillip Roddey and Carlotta Frances Shotwell

 

[Dave DuBrucq]

The cavalry commander was Philip D. Roddey
The aggrieved young woman was Carlotta Frances Shotwell

 

[warbird43]

1. Who Am I ? Philip Dale Roddey. After his death in 1897, his body was returned to Alabama and buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

2. What was the name of the young lady who thought that she had legally married me ? Carlotta Frances Shotwell

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Roddey
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11066/philip-dale-roddey

 

[hoosier]

Your name was Phillip Roddey and the young lady's name was Carlotta Shotwell.

 

[WJC]

I was a Confederate cavalry commander. After the war, I was involved in a salacious scandal involving bigamy (my own), theft of railroad bonds, and theft of a pair of binoculars (!). The ignominy of the scandal led me to flee to London, England, where I died in 1897.

Who Am I and What was the name of the young lady who thought that she had legally married me?

credit: @BrianB

Philip Dale Roddey (1826-1897) swindled Ms. Carlotta Frances Shotwell. Ms Shotwell documented her version of the scandal in her book, A General Betrayal: The Sufferings and Trials of Carlotta Frances Roddey.