★★★ Galloway, Morton Gilmour

Morton Gilmour Galloway​

Born: 1836

Birthplace: Winchester, Virginia

Father: Richard Lee Galloway Sr. 1783 – 1858

(Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas)​

Mother: Marie Watts Ashton 1792 – 1854

(Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas)​

Education:

Attended Western Military Institute​

Occupation before War:

Farm Manager in Pulaski County, Arkansas​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1864: Captain Company F, 1st​ Arkansas Mounted Rifles​

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1862: Captured at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas​

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1862: Exchanged in the Prisoner of War Exchange in September​

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Wounded in the Arm at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee​

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1864 – 1865: Lt. Colonel of 1st​ Arkansas Mounted Rifles Regiment​

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1864: Wounded at Battle of Ezra Church, Georgia​

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1865: Regimental Commander at the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina​

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1865: Acted as Brigade Commander at the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina​

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1865: Colonel of 1st​ Arkansas Mounted Rifles Regiment​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1873: Farmer in Pulaski County, Arkansas​

Died: October 11, 1873

Place of Death: His Plantation in Pulaski County, Arkansas

Age at time of Death: 36 or 37 years old

Burial Place: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas