★★★ Huger, Frank

Francis “Frank” Kinloch Huger

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Born: September 29, 1837

Birthplace: Fort Monroe, Hampton City, Virginia

Father: Major General Benjamin Huger 1805 – 1877
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​
Mother: Elizabeth Celestine Pinckney

Wife: Donna Julia Trible 1857 – 1921
(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)​
Children:

Celestine Pinckney Huger 1880 – 1881​
(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)​

Education:

1860: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (31st​ in Class)​

Occupation before War:

1860 – 1861: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, Infantry​
1861: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 10th​ Infantry Regiment​
1861: Resigned from United States Army on May 21st​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Captain of Norfolk Light Artillery​
1862: Participated in the Seven Days Campaign​
1862: Participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run​
1862: Participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg​
1863 – 1864: Major of Confederate Army Artillery​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Chancellorsville​
1863: Participated in the Battle of Salem Church​
1863: Participated in the Battle of Gettysburg​
1863: Participated in the fighting in Eastern Tennessee​
1864 – 1865: Lt. Colonel of Confederate Army Artillery​
1864: Participated in the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia​
1865: Promoted to the rank of Colonel of Confederate Artillery​
1865: Captured during the Battle of Sayler's Creek, Virginia​

Occupation after War:

Worked for Norfolk & Western Railroad Company​

Died: June 11, 1897

Place of Death: Roanoke, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 59 years old

Burial Place: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia
 
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His initial service in the Confederate Army was as aide-de-camp to his father Gen. Benjamin Huger. After his stint as Major in the Artillery he was as Executive officer in E. Porter Alexander's Battalion in the Army of Northern Virginia. When the battalion accompanied Longstreet to Georgia he arrived too late for Chickamauga. He then accompanied Lo gstreet to Tenn.and He commanded the Battalion at Knoxville. He was given perma ent command of the battalion in early 1864. Probably still a major as he did not make Lt. Col. until February 27, 1864. He then transferred back to Lee's army.
 
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