CS Con ★★★ Holder, William Dunbar Sr. - C.S. Congressman, MS

William Dunbar Holder
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Born: March 6, 1824

Birthplace: Madison County, Kentucky

Father: Richard Callaway Holder 1789 – 1841

Mother: Harriet Jane Dunbar 1795 – 1824

Wife: Catherine Theresa Bowles 1837 – 1887
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)​

Married: June 6, 1854 in Oxford, Mississippi

Children:

Dr. Andrew Bowles Holder 1860 – 1896​
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)​
James King Holder 1863 – 1911​
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)
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Benjamin Humphreys Holder 1866 – 1947​
(Buried: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi)​
Dr. Eugene Michel Holder 1869 – 1946​
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)​
DeWitt Herndon Holder 1871 – 1946​
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)​
William Dunbar Holder Jr. 1874 – 1941​
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)​
Catherine May “Kate” Holder Spalding 1880 – 1950​
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Occupation before War:


Moved to Mississippi at around the age of 14 years old.​
Planter in Pontotoc County, Mississippi​
Clerk of United States District in Mississippi​
Deputy United States Marshal in Pontotoc County, Mississippi​
1853: Mississippi State Representative​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Captain of Company C, 17th​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1861: Served in the First Battle of Manassas, Virginia​
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 17th​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1862: Wounded in the left thigh by a broken rifle ball.​
Out of Service due to his wounding for around eight months.​
1863: Regimental Commander at the Battle of Chancellorsville​
1863: Wounded in the Abdomen at the Battle of Gettysburg.​
1863: His Wounding at Gettysburg resulted in permanent disability.​
1864: Resigned from the Confederate Army on February 26th​
1864 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from Mississippi​
1864 – 1865: Member of House Elections Committee​
1864 – 1865: Member of House Medical Department Committee​
1864 – 1865: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee​
1864 – 1865: Member of House Public Buildings Committee​
1864: Opposed to all emergency measures under discussion.​
1864 – 1865: Modified opinion on emergency measures due to deteriorating military situation.​
1864 – 1865: Conceded the obvious necessity for higher taxes.​
1865: Conceded to arming slaves.​
1864 – 1865: Advocate for Congress having an equal voice in selection of cabinet members and army commanders.​
1864 – 1865: Supporter of legislation for improving conditions for enlisted men.​

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1865: Abandoned his seat in Congress a month before Congress adjourned for the last time in disgust.​

Occupation after War:

Farmer in Pontotoc and Lafayette Counties in Mississippi​
Insurance Adjuster in Memphis, Tennessee​
1896 – 1900: Mississippi State Auditor of Public Accounts​
General in the United Confederate Veterans.​

Died: April 26, 1900

Place of Death: Jackson, Mississippi

Age at time of Death: 76 years old

Burial Place: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi

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