Trivia 1-21-16 Heavy Weight

[Trivia Master]

Weighing in at 320 lbs, more or less, who was the heaviest Confederate General?

credit: @War Horse

 

[MRB1863]

Abraham H. Buford

 

[nextcity]

Abraham Buford

 

[TinCan]

Abraham Buford

 

[JohnDLittlefield]

William R. Peck

 

[GELongstreet]

... Abraham Buford?

 

[donna]

Abraham H. Buford weighted over 300 lbs. He was born in Woodford County, Ky. His dates 1820-1874. After the war he returned to Ky. He had famous farm, Bosque Bonita in the bluegrass region of Ky. where he raised thoroughbreds. He had several famous race horses, including Nellie Gray, Inquirer, Crossland and Versailles.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Abraham Buford

https://books.google.de/books?id=VX...page&q=Confederate General 320 pounds&f=false

 

[E_just_E]

Buford.

Abraham Buford

 

[Brenal]

William Raine Peck.

 

[CjkCjkCJk]

These questions have really been stumping me!, so I am forced to give up

 

[adisciu9]

Abraham Buford (Kentucky)

 

[ErnieMac]

Abraham Buford.

 

[Stony]

General Abraham Buford II
source-http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40864
source-https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.war.civil.usa/njMqi2zaWYo

 

[7th Texas Mounted Rifles]

William Raine Peck.

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Seems to be a discrepancy. William R. Peck was the heaviest weighing in at 330 lbs according to Wikipedia and weighing in at "over 300 lbs." according to The Essential Civil War: A Handbook to the Battles, Armies, Navies and Commanders, by Jayne E. Blair.

But according to The Southern Partisan, by the Southern Partisan Corporation, the Historical Dictionary of the Civil War, by Terry L. Jones, and Civil War: The Magazine of the Civil War Society, the honor goes to "Chunky Butt" Abraham Buford who was "tipping the scales at 320 lbs."

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Weighing in at 320 lbs, more or less, who was the heaviest Confederate General?

credit: @War Horse

Abraham Buford.

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

Is it E. Portly Alexander? No - William Brimage Weight? Stand Weightie? How about Ben Huger?

Oh well, then that only leaves:

General (Abraham) Buford (II) was also a native of Kentucky. A member of a prominent family, Buford had attended West Point, and then made a name for himself as an officer during the Mexican War. Nevertheless, he did not fit the image of a dashing cavalryman. An older, very large gentleman, Buford weighed 320 pounds. He was hardly the figure one could envision astride a galloping horse! By the time Civil War erupted, Buford was long retired from military service and living quite contentedly as a breeder of horses and cattle near Versailles, Kentucky. Publicly, Buford had maintained a position of neutrality until Bragg and Kirby Smith invaded. Slipping quickly back into uniform, Buford was commissioned Brigadier General on September 2, 1862

http://evansfamilytreeclimb.blogspot.com/2008/11/enlistment.html

 

[sarladaise]

Abraham H. Buford

 

[ole]

Heros von Borcke

Edit - Von Borcke did not attain the rank of general. He was a big man, but not as big as Buford or Peck.

Hoosier