{⋆★⋆} BG Evans, Nathan G.

Nathan George "Shanks" Evans​

Born: February 3, 1824

Birthplace: Marion, South Carolina

Father: Thomas Evans 1790 – 1845

(Buried: Tranquility Plantation, Granville, North Carolina)​

Mother: Jane Beverly Daniel 1795 – 1861

(Buried: Old Town Cemetery, Marion, South Carolina)​

Wife: Ann Victoria Gary 1837 – 1917

(Buried: Tabernacle Cemetery, Cokesbury, South Carolina)​

Children:

Nathan George Evans 1861 – 1924​

(Buried: Tabernacle Cemetery, Cokesbury, South Carolina)​

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Governor John Gary Evans 1863 – 1942​

(Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina)​

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Major Barnard Bee "Barney" Evans 1864 – 1942​

(Buried: Tabernacle Cemetery, Cokesbury, South Carolina)​

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Mary Martin Evans 1868 – 1934​

(Buried: Tabernacle Cemetery, Cokesbury, South Carolina)​

Education:

Attended Randolph – Macon College​

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1848: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (36th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1848 – 1849: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 1st​ Dragoons​

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1849 – 1855: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Dragoons​

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1855 – 1856: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1856 – 1861: Captain United States Army, 2nd​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1861: Resigned from United States Army on February 27th​​

Civil War Career:

1861: Major and Adjutant General to South Carolina Army​

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1861: Participated in the Bombardment of Fort Sumter​

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1861 – 1862: Colonel of South Carolina Infantry​

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1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run​

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1861: Participated in the Battle of Ball's Bluff​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army​

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1862: Participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Antietam​

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1862 – 1865: Brigade Commander in South Carolina​

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1865: Presidential Escort for President Davis leaving at Cokesbury, South Carolina​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1866: Businessman in Charleston, South Carolina​

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1866 – 1868: School Teacher & Principal in Midway, Alabama​

Died: November 23, 1868

Place of Death: Midway, Alabama

Cause of Death: Not Known

Age at time of Death: 44 years old

Burial Place: Tabernacle Cemetery, Cokesbury, South Carolina

 

[Midway AL. Researcher]

Evans had been a career U.S. Army officer before resigning in 1861 to join the Confederacy. Like quite a few others when the South lost his career was over and he had to scramble to survive.

I greatly appreciate your contributions re Gen. Evans.
I hope that you & others have benefited from my most recent post:

Valuable Reference information, thanks to John DeTreville: "Here are pages from the 1941 Duke Masters' Thesis of Beverly Daniel Evans IV, relating the last days of General Evans, including why he moved to Midway, Ala. The thesis was later reprinted word for word by others, including two who claimed joint authorship with Beverly Daniel Evans IV, but it is all his work. But the book is inexpensive and available on-line book sellers. Gen Evans is a distant uncle, and B. D. Evans IV is a cousin."
Deo vindice, The Midway Researcher
Eugenia