Arnold Elzey Jr.
Birthname: Arnold Elzey Jones Jr.
Birthplace: Elmwood Plantation, Somerset County, Maryland
Father: Colonel Arnold Elzey Jones Sr. 1785 – 1839
(Buried: Saint Andrew's Episcopal Churchyard, Princess Anne, Maryland)
Mother: Anne Wilson Jackson 1788 – 1866
(Buried: Saint Andrew's Episcopal Churchyard, Princess Anne, Maryland)
Wife: Ellen Irwin 1825 – 1902
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)
Children:
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)
Education:
1837: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (33rd in class)
Occupation before War:
1837 – 1839: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1839 – 1849: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1847: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry at Contreras and Churubusco
1849 – 1861: Captain United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1851: Resigned his Brevet commission in United States Army
1861: Resigned from United States Army on April 25th
1861: Colonel of 1st Maryland Infantry
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run Wounded
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army
1862: Participated in Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign
1862: Wounded in the leg during the Battle of Cross Keys
1862: Wounded in the head during the Battle of Gaines Mill
1862 – 1865: Major General in the Confederate Army
1862 – 1864: Commander of Richmond, Virginia Defenses
Helped Organize the Virginia State Reserves
1864 – 1865: Chief of Artillery for the Army of Tennessee
1865: Paroled in Washington Georgia by the Union Army
Occupation after War:
Owner of a Small Farm near Jesup's Cut in rural Anne Arundel Co.
Died: February 21, 1871
Place of Death: Baltimore, Maryland
Cause of Death: Inflammation of bowels
Age at time of Death: 54 years old
Burial Place: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
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