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[Trivia Master]

Despite charges of drunkenness against me (true), I proved my mettle at Ball's Bluff, assumed Brigade command when my Brigade Commander was wounded at Savage Station, and was cited for bravery at Malvern Hill and subsequently promoted to Brigadier General.

credit: @bayouace

 

[hughes]

Nathan Evans

Edit - Shanks did serve well at Ball's Bluff, but was not present at either Savage Station or Malvern Hill.

hoosier

 

[ErnieMac]

William Barksdale.

Narcissa Saunders Barksdale | History of American Women

Wife of Confederate General William Barksdale William Barksdale was born on August 21, 1821, in Smyrna, Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Nashville and practiced law in Mississippi from the age of 21, but gave up his practice to become the editor of the Columbus [Mississippi]...

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[gentlemanrob]

Answer: William Barksdale

 

[streetwiseprof]

William Barksdale.

 

[Brenal]

William Barksdale

 

[Ole Miss]

William Barksdale
Regards
David

Sources
1) https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2010/04/narcissa-saunders-barksdale.html
2) https://civilwarhome.com/evansballsbluff.html

 

[DBF]

Brigadier General William Barksdale (18211863) — he seems to fit all the clues:
He was "Arrested for intoxication, Colonel Barksdale survived a military Court of Inquiry to become one of the most beloved commanders in the Army of Northern Virginia
https://cwba.blogspot.com/2021/09/booknotes-william-barksdale-csa.html
Had a street named after him for Ball's Bluff - The streets in the Potomac Crossing subdivision in Leesburg, Virginia, are named (in part) after the regimental commanders of the Battle of Ball's Bluff (October 21, 1861). Barksdale Drive was named for Col. Barksdale and is the primary east-west conduit in the development, running just short of a mile to either end of the neighborhood.
Wikipedia
Assumed command of the brigade when his brigade commander, Brigadier General Richard Griffith, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Savage's Station on June 29, 1862.

William Barksdale (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

He was cited for bravery by General Lafayette McLaws when in his promotion request for Brigadier General he stated: "for there is no command that stands higher in good conduct everywhere, whether as individuals, as companies, as regiments, or as a Brigade, and now more distinguished for that unexceptionable, undisputed courage which requires no hurrah to urge it to their highest acts of daring".
"William Barksdale, CSA: A Biography . . . (Link)
and consequently was promoted to Brigadier General on August 12, 1862.

 

[WJC]

Despite charges of drunkenness against me (true), I proved my mettle at Ball's Bluff, assumed Brigade command when my Brigade Commander was wounded at Savage Station, and was cited for bravery at Malvern Hill and subsequently promoted to Brigadier General.

credit: @bayouace

William Barksdale (1821-1863).
Source: John D. Ashton, William Barksdale, CSA: A Biography of the United States Congressman and Confederate Brigadier General, (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc.: 2021).

 

[hoosier]

William Barksdale

 

[Gibbon]

William Barksdale

 

[sarladaise]

William Barksdale

 

[JOHN42768]

William Barksdale (August 21, 1821 – July 3, 1863)

 

[Pollaco]

William Barksdale

 

[ami]

Answer: William Barksdale
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