William Felix Brantley
Born: March 12, 1830
Birthplace: Greene County, Alabama
Father: William Brantley 1800 – 1839
Mother: Marina Jolly 1805 – 1862
(Buried: Greensboro Cemetery, Grady, Mississippi)
1st Wife: Cornelia S. Medley 1837 – 1863
(Buried: Greensboro Cemetery, Grady, Mississippi)
2nd Wife: Julia Cunningham 1845 – 1888
Children:
Mary Thomas Brantley Knight 1858 – 1943
(Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bel – Nor, Missouri)
Joseph Ransom Brantley 1859 – 1869
(Buried: Greensboro Cemetery, Grady, Mississippi)
Infant 1861 – 1861
(Buried: Greensboro Cemetery, Grady, Mississippi)
Infant 1869 – 1869
(Buried: Greensboro Cemetery, Grady, Mississippi)
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Greensboro, Webster County, Mississippi
Attorney in Choctaw County, Mississippi
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Mississippi State Secession Convention
1861: Captain in Mississippi State Militia
1861 – 1862: Captain Company D, 15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
1862: Captain in the 29th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862: Lt. Colonel of 29th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 29th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded in Shoulder during Battle of Stones River
1863: Regiment Commander Battle of Chickamauga
1863: Regiment Commander Chattanooga, Tennessee Campaign
1864: Regiment Commander Atlanta, Georgia Campaign
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1864: Brigade Commander Franklin – Nashville, Tennessee Campaign
1865: Brigade Commander during Carolina's Campaign
1865: Paroled by the Union Army on May 1, 1865 Greensboro, North Carolina
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1870: Attorney in Webster County, Mississippi
Died: November 2, 1870
Place of Death: Wiona, Mississippi
Age at time of Death: 40 years old
Cause of Death: Shot and Killed while driving his buggy home
Burial Place: New Greensboro, Cemetery Grady, Mississippi
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