Zachariah Cantey Deas
Born: October 25, 1819
Birth Place: Camden, South Carolina
Father: Colonel James Sutherland Deas 1784 – 1864
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)
Mother: Margaret Rebecca Chestnut 1786 – 1874
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)
Wife: Helen Gaines Lyon 1828 – 1927
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)
Married: 1853Education:
Educated in South Carolina & Caudebec, France
Occupation before War:
Mercantile Businessman in Mobile, Alabama
Served in the Mexican War
Prominent Cotton Broker in Alabama
Civil War Career:
1861: Aide – de – camp to General Joseph E. Johnston
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 22nd Alabama Infantry Regiment
1862: Participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Infantry
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chickamuga, Georgia
1864: Participated in the Atlanta Georgia Campaign
1864: Wounded during the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
1865: Granted leave due to illness during the Carolina Campaign
Occupation after War:
Cotton Brokerage Owner
Owner of Seat on New York Stock Exchange
Died: March 6, 1882
Place of Death: Bronx, New York
Age at time of Death: 62 years old
Cause of Death: Bright's Disease
Burial Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York
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