Claudius Wistar Sears
Born: November 8, 1817
Birthplace: Peru, Massachusetts
Father: Dr. Thomas Sears 1791 – 1839
(Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Michigan)
Mother: Sophia James 1791 – 1879
(Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Michigan)
Wife: Susan Alice Gray 1835 – 1893
(Buried: Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi)
Married: August 6, 1853 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Children:
Claude Gray Sears 1855 – 1861
Alice Gray Sears 1857 – 1945
Kate Sampson Sears 1858 – 1861
Franklin Sears 1859 – 1861
William Gray Sears 1861 – 1910
(Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas)
George Fairfax Sears 1863 – 1886
(Buried: Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi)
Rev. Peter Gray Sears 1866 – 1942
(Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas)
Thomas Courtney Sears 1867 – 1931
Edward Abernathy Sears 1870 – 1910
Education:
1841: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (31st in class)
Occupation before War:
1841 – 1842: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 8th Infantry Regiment
1842: Resigned from United States Army on October 10th
1844-1845: School Teacher at St. Thomas's Hall at Holly Springs, Miss.
1847 – 1861: Mathematics Professor University of Louisiana
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Captain of Company G, 17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Manassas, Virginia
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia
1862: Participated in the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia
1862: Participated in the Antietam Maryland Campaign
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 46th Mississippi, Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Participated in the Vicksburg Campaign, Mississippi
1862: Participated in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi
1863: Participated in the Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
1863: Held in reserve during the Battle of Champion Hill, Mississippi
1863: Captured during the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
1863: Exchanged in the fall
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1864: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Resaca, Georgia
1864: Wounded during the Battle of Adairsville, Georgia
1864: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Allatoona, Georgia
1864: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
1864: Wounded during the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee
1864: Captured at Pulaski, Tennessee, on December 21, 1864
1865: Paroled by the Union Army, Nashville, Tennessee on June 23, 1865
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1889: Mathematics & Engineering Professor Univ. of Mississippi
Died: February 15, 1891
Place of Death: Oxford, Mississippi
Cause of Death: Unknown
Age at time of Death: 63 years old
Burial Place: Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi
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