{⋆★⋆} BG Clanton, James H.

James Holt Clanton​

Born: January 8, 1827

Birthplace: Columbia County, Georgia

Father: Nathaniel Holt Clanton 1802 – 1856

(Buried: Clanton Cemetery, Macon County, Alabama)​

Mother: Mary Ann Clayton 1810 – 1842

(Buried: Clanton Cemetery, Macon County, Alabama)​

Wife: Parthenia Abercrombie 1833 – 1900

Children:

Mary Clanton​

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James Holt Abercrombie Clanton 1859 – 1902​

(Buried: Concordia Cemetery, El Paso, Texas)​

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Thomas Watts Clanton 1861 -​

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William Holt Clanton 1866 -​

Education:

Attended University of Alabama​

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Occupation before War:

1846 – 1847: Served in the Mexican War​

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Attorney in Montgomery, Alabama​

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Alabama State Representative​

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1860: Supporter of John Bell for President​

Civil War Career:

1861: Opposed to Secession of Alabama

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1861: Captain in Alabama Confederate Cavalry​

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1861: Served on the Florida Coast​

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1861 – 1863: Colonel of 1st​ Alabama Cavalry​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Farmington, Mississippi​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Booneville, Mississippi​

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1862: Resigned as Colonel of 1st​ Alabama Cavalry Regiment​

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1862: Reappointed as Colonel in Confederate Army Service​

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1862: Aide to Alabama Governor John G. Shorter​

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1862: Aide to Confederate General Braxton Bragg​

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1863: Helped raise three regiments of Infantry​

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1863 – 1865: Brigadier General in Confederate Army​

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1863 – 1864: Brigade Commander Confederate District of the Gulf​

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1864: Aide de camp to Confederate Lt. General Leonidas Polk​

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1864: Cavalry Brigade Commander Dept. of Alabama & East Miss.​

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1864: Served in Ten Island Ford of the Coosa River​

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1864: Served in Confederate Army District of Central Alabama​

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1865: Cavalry Brigade Commander District of the Gulf​

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1865: Wounded in the abdomen and back at Bluff Springs, Florida​

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1865: Captured by the Union Army and held as Prisoner until May 25th​​

Occupation after War:

1865: Granted a Pardon from United States Government​

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1866 – 1871: Attorney in Montgomery, Alabama​

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1866 – 1871: Democratic Party Leader in Alabama​

Died: September 27, 1871

Place of Death: Knoxville, Tennessee

Cause of Death: Assassination from fifteen shots to the chest

Age at time of Death: 44 years old

Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama

 

[diane]

15 shots? I'd say they were aiming for him! How did that come to happen?

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy early (January 8th) birthday Brig. General James H. Clanton! Salutes remembering General Clanton on his birthday weekend.

 

[Pollaco]

15 shots? I'd say they were aiming for him! How did that come to happen?

I read somewhere that it was drunk ex-yankee officer with a double barreled shotgun.The man , David M. Nelson, used the "self defense" thing and was acquitted after a 5 minute jury deliberation.

 

[Pollaco]

Ironic,the man who killed Clanton (David M. Nelson) was also a staff officer but other union side. He was on General Alvan C.Gillem's staff.