Trivia 6-14-16 Tiger

[Trivia Master]

Which Confederate General was sometimes known as " The Bengal Tiger" ?

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[7th Texas Mounted Rifles]

David E. Twiggs.

 

[Stony]

Major General David E. Twiggs
source-http://cabinetmagazine.org/issues/21/audc.php
source-http://audc.net/blue-monday/love/camel-military-corps

 

[Brenal]

Major General David Emanuel Twiggs.

 

[Reb]

Brigadier General David Emanuel Twiggs, CSA, aka "Old Davey", and "The horse".

 

[kholland]

David E Twiggs

 

[FarawayFriend]

David E. Twiggs

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_E._Twiggs&oldid=721140955

 

[MRB1863]

Major General David E. Twiggs

 

[Northern Light]

David E. Twiggs was known as the Bengal Tiger because of his fierce temper (Wiki)

 

[Copperhead-mi]

David E. Twiggs was known as the "Bengal Tiger" as well as the "Horse" to his men:

"In the midst of scenery like this, 'Old Davy' Twiggs appeared like a perfectly natural feature. His robust and capacious body, powerful shoulders, bull-neck, heavy, cherry-red face, and nearly six feet of erect stature represented physical energy at its maximum. With bristling white hair and, when the regulations did not interfere, a thick white beard, he seemed like a kind of snow-clad volcano, a human Etna, pouring forth a red-hot flood of orders and objurgations from his crater of a mouth ; and he was vastly enjoyed by the rough soldiers even when, as they said, he 'cursed them right out of their boots.'

"In a more strictly human aspect he made an excellent disciplinarian, and he could get more work out of the men than anybody else in the army; but as a warrior, while he always looked thirsty for a fight, he was thought over-anxious to fight another day to be, in short, a hero of the future instead of the past ; and as a general, Scott had already said that he was not qualified 'to command an army either in the presence, or in the absence of an enemy.' His brains were, in fact, merely what happened to be left over from the making of his spinal cord, and the soldiers' names for him the 'Horse' and the 'Bengal Tiger' classed him fairly as regarded intellect."
The War with Mexico, Justin H. Smith

 

[JohnDLittlefield]

David Emanuel Twiggs (February 14, 1790 – July 15, 1862) was a United States soldier during the War of 1812 and Mexican-American War and a general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

He was a Colonel of the 2nd U.S. Dragoons in 1836 and served in the Seminole Wars in Florida, where he earned the nickname "Bengal Tiger" for his fierce temper.

Twiggs was dismissed from the U.S. Army on March 1, 1861 for "treachery to the flag of his country," and accepted a commission as a major-general from the Confederate States on May 22, 1861. He was assigned to command the Confederate Department of Louisiana, but he was past the age of 70 and in poor health. He retired in October 1861 and died of pneumonia in July of 1862.

 

[lelliott19]

David Emanuel Twiggs
According to wiki, the nickname was earned during the Seminole Wars and apparently was a result of his fierce temper. Twiggs was the oldest US Army officer to join the Confederacy after he was dismissed from the US Army in March of 1861 charged with "treachery to the flag of his country" for turning over his command and property to the state of Texas. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9094

 

[GELongstreet]

David E. Twiggs

 

[BlueGrayBlood]

David E. Twiggs . . (Nickname(s) "Bengal Tiger"[1]) . .

accepted a commission as a major general from the Confederate States on May 22, 1861. He was assigned to command the Confederate Department of Louisiana (comprising that state along with the southern half of Mississippi and Alabama),he was past the age of 70 and in poor health, thus he resigned his commission before assuming any active duty. He was succeeded by Maj. Gen. Mansfield Lovell in the command of New Orleans.[5] and retired on October 11, 1861.

Twiggs died of pneumonia in Augusta, Georgia on July 15, 1862 and is buried in Twiggs Cemetery[6] at "Good Hope" Plantation in Richmond County, Georgia. (wiki)

 

[1stMN]

David Emanuel Twiggs

 

[Montana Territory]

Major General David E. Twiggs

 

[UCVRelics]

David Emanuel Twiggs

 

[chellers]

David Emanuel Twiggs

 

[jackt62]

Major General David Emanuel Twiggs

 

[JOHN42768]

Brigadier General David E. Twiggs

Nickname(s) "Bengal Tiger"[1]
Born February 14, 1790
Richmond County, Georgia
Died July 15, 1862 (aged 72)
Augusta, Georgia
Place of burial Twiggs Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia
Allegiance United States of America
Confederate States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Confederate States Army
Years of service 1812–1861 (USA)
1861 (CSA)
Rank

Brevet Major General, USA

Major General, CSA