William Brimage Bate
Born: October 7, 1826
Birth Place: Bledsoe's Lick, (Castalian Springs) Tennessee
Father: James Henry Bate 1804 – 1842
(Buried: Weathered Cemetery, Castalian Springs, Tennessee)
Mother: Amanda Patience Weathered 1806 – 1885
(Buried: Weathered Cemetery, Castalian Springs, Tennessee)
Wife: Julia Peete 1834 – 1910
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Children:
Mary Irby “Mazie” Bate Mastin 1856 – 1941
(Buried: Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Texas)
Education:
Common Education
1852: Graduated from Lebanon law school
Occupation before War:
Clerk for Steamboat Company
Newspaper Editor
1846 – 1848: 1st Lt. In 3rd Tennessee Infantry during Mexican War
1849 – 1851: Tennessee State Representative
Attorney in Gallatin, Tennessee
District Attorney General in Nashville, Tennessee
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 2nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run
1862: Led his regiment during the Battle of Shiloh, wounded in leg
1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Confederate Army, Infantry
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chickamauga
1863: Participated in the Chattanooga Campaign
1864 – 1865: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry
1864: Division Commander during the Atlanta Campaign
1864: Wounded during the Battle of Willis Mill Road
1864: Recuperated in Barnesville, Georgia
1865: Participated in the Carolina Campaign
1865: Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Gallatin Tennessee
1883 – 1887: Governor of Tennessee
1887 – 1905: United States Senator from Tennessee
Died: March 9, 1905
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: Pneumonia & Heart Failure
Age at time of Death: 78 years old
Burial Place: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
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