Julius Adolphus De Langel
Born: July 24, 1827
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey
Father: Captain Julius Adolphus De Langel 1744 – 1840
(Buried: Saint Paul's Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Mother: Harriet Sanford 1801 – 1891
(Buried: Saint Paul's Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
1st Wife: Madeline 1843 – 1900
(Buried: Saint Paul's Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
2nd Wife: Josephine Conklin Cowles 1846 – 1931
(Buried: Saint Paul's Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Occupation before War:
1847 – 1861: Served in the United States Army rising to rank of 1st Lt.
1861: Resigned from United States Army on May 17, 1861
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain of Artillery in the Confederate States Regular Army
1861: Chief of Artillery to Brig. General Robert S. Garnett
1861: Defended Rich Mountain with a force of four companies
1861: Wounded during the Battle of Rich Mountain
1861: Captured by the Union Army near Laurel Hill, Virginia
1861: Exchanged in the Prisoner of War exchange on December 18, 1861
1862: Appointed Brigadier General on April 12, 1862
1862: Declined Commission as Brigadier General on July 31, 1862
1862: Major of Artillery in 20th Battalion of Virginia Artillery
1862: Appointed Lt. Colonel of Confederate Ordnance Department
Second in Command of the Confederate Ordnance Department
1862 – 1863: Commander of Fayetteville, North Carolina Arsenal
Inspector of Arsenals for the Confederate States Army
1865: Paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina on May 1, 1865
Occupation after War:
Pacific Steamship Service Businessman
Died: June 3, 1912
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: Heart Disease
Age at time of Death: 84 years old
Burial Place: Saint Paul's Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia
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