{⋆★⋆} BG DuBose, Dudley M.

Dudley McIver DuBose​

Born: October 28, 1834

Birth Place: Shelby County, Tennessee

Father: Dr. Alfred Bishop Cassels DuBose 1804 – 1865

Mother: Camille Frances Dunn 1817 -

Wife: Sallie Toombs 1835 – 1866
(Buried: Rest Haven Cemetery, Washington, Georgia)

Father-in-law: Brig. General Robert Toombs

Children:

Rev. Robert Toombs DuBose 1859 – 1929​

(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)​

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Camille DuBose Colley 1861 – 1917​

(Buried: Rest Haven Cemetery, Washington, Georgia)​

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Dudley McIver DuBose Jr. 1863 – 1910​

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Louisa Toombs DuBose 1865 – 1946​

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Julian DuBose 1866 – 1866​

(Buried: Rest Haven Cemetery, Washington, Georgia)​

Education:

Attended University of Mississippi​

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1856: Graduated from Lebanon Law School​

Occupation:

Attorney in Memphis, Tennessee​

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Attorney in Augusta, Georgia​

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Plantation Owner in Arkansas​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Lt. in 15th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Captain in 15th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served in the Seven Days Campaign in Virginia​

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1862: Served in the Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Antietam, Maryland​

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1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel in 15th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1863 – 1864: Colonel in 15th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Served in the Siege of Suffolk, Virginia​

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1863: Participated in fighting at Devil's Den 2nd​ Day of Gettysburg​

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1863: Wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia​

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1863: Served in the Knoxville, Tennessee Campaign​

1864: Served in the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia​

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1864: Temporary Brigade Commander Battle of Spotsylvania​

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1864: Served in the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia​

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1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry

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1864 – 1865: Served in the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia​

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1864 – 1865: Commander of Wofford's Old Brigade, in Kershaw Division​

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1865: Captured at the Battle of Saylor's Creek, Virginia​

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1865: Prisoner of War held by Union Army, until released in July​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1871: Attorney in Washington, Georgia​

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1871 – 1873: United States Congressman from Georgia​

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1871 – 1873: Member of House Committee on Patents​

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1873 – 1883: Attorney in Washington, Georgia​

Died: March 2, 1883

Place of Death: Washington, Georgia

Cause of Death: Not Known

Age at time of Death: 48 years old

Burial Place: Rest Haven Cemetery, Washington, Georgia

 

[Pollaco]

He fought at Antietam on the staff of his father-in-law Brigadier General Robert Toombs.

 

[lelliott19]

Dudley Dubose assumed command of Wofford's brigade (16th, 18th, and 24th Georgia, Cobb's Legion, Phillip's Legion, and 3d Battalion GA SS) when Wm. T Wofford was transferred to command of the Sub-District of Northern Georgia.

 

[Pollaco]

Him and his wife, Sallie Toombs Dubose, were distant cousins.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Dudley M. DuBose! Salutes remembering General DuBose on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

The seat he filled in Congress was that of Stephen A. Corker, who served only 39 days. There had been a great amount of controversy between Corker and his black opponent,Thomas P. Beard. Dubose served just one term, from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873.

 

[Pollaco]

The seat he filled in Congress was that of Stephen A. Corker, who served only 39 days. There had been a great amount of controversy between Corker and his black opponent,Thomas P. Beard. Dubose served just one term, from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873.

Dubose lost the next election to his Republican opponent,James Crawford Freeman. Freeman was the Congressman who appointed Henry Ossian Flipper to West Point. Flipper became the first Black graduate of West Point.