EXra J Warner
Generals in Gray
Generals IN Blue
Will always remain classic civil war biographies
However some corrections:
Daniel Weisinger Adams actaully has two photograhs...one as a young man in his biography and the other at the head of his brother William Wirt Adams biography
See message # 5 for a picture of Both Brothers
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John Breckenridge Grayson
No picture in 1st edition; picture of Grayson during mexican war
John Breckenridge Grayson
Richard B. Garnett--pictue is that of his cousin Robert Seldon Garnett
Enclosed picture Richard B Garnett
CS General Isham Warren Garrott:
According to Warner's footnote, Garrott was buried under the window of a friend's {Finney} house in Vicksburg and remains never moved {letter from Garrott's wife}. What happened to Garrott was the following: A Confederate undertaker's list/map of CS burials in Vicksburg was lost-although partially found years later. This list reported a "Colonel Garnet" of the 20th Alabama-although gravesite plot unknown. Apparently, Garrott was reburied in Vicksburg's Cedar Hill/Confederate Cemetery; however due to the misspelling of his surname and incorrect rank-his Generals commission was received after his death-apparently lead to reporting that his remains were not moved from his first burial place. Thus the NPS listing for Garrott now has his correct rank/surname but no grave number. A stone cenopath marker for him stands in Soldiers Rest Confederate Cemetery, ironically located in the Cedar Hill (Old Vicksburg City) Cemetery.
Robert Charles Tyler (December 4, 1832 – April 16, 1865)-nothing of his life known before 1859.....
Robert Charles Tyler was born Reuben Cutler Tyler, December 4, 1832, the son of Reuben and Elizabeth Billings Tyler of Hardwick, Massachusetts. The father was a farmer and deacon of the local Congregationalist church. He's living with his parents in Hardwick in 1850, but by 1852 he moved to Yolo County, California, being listed as a "farmer," born Massachusetts, on the 1852 California state census. By 1855 he's living in Sonoma County, California, and is being sued for debts. He served as a first lieutenant in William Walker's filibustering army and fought in Nicaragua during the Campaign of 1856–57. About this time he started being referred to as "R. Charles" or "Robert Charles" Tyler, perhaps in order to evade his California creditors. Briefly settling to Baltimore, he worked there as a clerk in 1859. Just prior to the Civil War moved to Memphis, Tennessee working as a clerk. In 1859 he helped organize the Knights of the Golden Circle, being chosen quartermaster general at the KGC's 1860 national convention. In 1860 KGC founder George W. Bickley helped "Reuben C. Tyler" of Baltimore, and other KGC officers, obtain passports, possibly in connection with another filibustering attempt.
Generals in Blue
Frances Spinola-no death date listed!
SPINOLA, Francis Barretto, a Representative from New York; born at Stony Brook, Long Island, N.Y., March 19, 1821; attended Quaker Hill Academy in Dutchess County; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Brooklyn, N.Y.; elected alderman of the second ward in Brooklyn in 1846 and 1847; reelected in 1849 and served for four years; member of the State assembly in 1855; served in the State senate 1858-1861; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston in 1860; harbor commissioner; during the Civil War was appointed brigadier general of Volunteers October 2, 1862; honorably discharged from the service in August 1865; engaged in the insurance business and banking; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth, Fifty-first, and Fifty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1887, until his death in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1891; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Generals in Gray
Generals IN Blue
Will always remain classic civil war biographies
However some corrections:
Daniel Weisinger Adams actaully has two photograhs...one as a young man in his biography and the other at the head of his brother William Wirt Adams biography
See message # 5 for a picture of Both Brothers
William Wirt Adams and/or Daniel Weisiger Adams? | Period Photos & Examinations
Hey, I came upon the pictures of the Adams brothers; both serving as Brigadier Generals (CSA) in the west. William Wirt Adams (left) and Daniel Weisiger Adams (right) The picture of Daniel is cropped from a LoC pic, that of William apparently from one online and identified on the...
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John Breckenridge Grayson
No picture in 1st edition; picture of Grayson during mexican war
John Breckenridge Grayson
Richard B. Garnett--pictue is that of his cousin Robert Seldon Garnett
Enclosed picture Richard B Garnett
CS General Isham Warren Garrott:
According to Warner's footnote, Garrott was buried under the window of a friend's {Finney} house in Vicksburg and remains never moved {letter from Garrott's wife}. What happened to Garrott was the following: A Confederate undertaker's list/map of CS burials in Vicksburg was lost-although partially found years later. This list reported a "Colonel Garnet" of the 20th Alabama-although gravesite plot unknown. Apparently, Garrott was reburied in Vicksburg's Cedar Hill/Confederate Cemetery; however due to the misspelling of his surname and incorrect rank-his Generals commission was received after his death-apparently lead to reporting that his remains were not moved from his first burial place. Thus the NPS listing for Garrott now has his correct rank/surname but no grave number. A stone cenopath marker for him stands in Soldiers Rest Confederate Cemetery, ironically located in the Cedar Hill (Old Vicksburg City) Cemetery.
Robert Charles Tyler (December 4, 1832 – April 16, 1865)-nothing of his life known before 1859.....
Robert Charles Tyler was born Reuben Cutler Tyler, December 4, 1832, the son of Reuben and Elizabeth Billings Tyler of Hardwick, Massachusetts. The father was a farmer and deacon of the local Congregationalist church. He's living with his parents in Hardwick in 1850, but by 1852 he moved to Yolo County, California, being listed as a "farmer," born Massachusetts, on the 1852 California state census. By 1855 he's living in Sonoma County, California, and is being sued for debts. He served as a first lieutenant in William Walker's filibustering army and fought in Nicaragua during the Campaign of 1856–57. About this time he started being referred to as "R. Charles" or "Robert Charles" Tyler, perhaps in order to evade his California creditors. Briefly settling to Baltimore, he worked there as a clerk in 1859. Just prior to the Civil War moved to Memphis, Tennessee working as a clerk. In 1859 he helped organize the Knights of the Golden Circle, being chosen quartermaster general at the KGC's 1860 national convention. In 1860 KGC founder George W. Bickley helped "Reuben C. Tyler" of Baltimore, and other KGC officers, obtain passports, possibly in connection with another filibustering attempt.
Generals in Blue
Frances Spinola-no death date listed!
SPINOLA, Francis Barretto, a Representative from New York; born at Stony Brook, Long Island, N.Y., March 19, 1821; attended Quaker Hill Academy in Dutchess County; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Brooklyn, N.Y.; elected alderman of the second ward in Brooklyn in 1846 and 1847; reelected in 1849 and served for four years; member of the State assembly in 1855; served in the State senate 1858-1861; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston in 1860; harbor commissioner; during the Civil War was appointed brigadier general of Volunteers October 2, 1862; honorably discharged from the service in August 1865; engaged in the insurance business and banking; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth, Fifty-first, and Fifty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1887, until his death in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1891; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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