{⋆★⋆} BG Jenkins, Albert Gallatin

Albert Gallatin Jenkins
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Born: November 10, 1830

Birth Place: Cabell County, Virginia (West Virginia)

Father: Captain William Alexander Jenkins 1770 – 1859

(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, West Virginia)​

Mother: Jeanette Grigsby McNutt 1804 – 1843

(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, West Virginia)​

Wife: Virginia Southard "Jennie" Bowlin 1838 – 1908

(Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California)​

Children:

James Bowlin Jenkins 1859 – 1888​

(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri)​

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Alberta Gallatin Jenkins Childe 1861 – 1948​

(Buried: Kensicio Cemetery, Valhalla, New York)​

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Margaret Virginia Jenkins 1863 – 1940​

(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, West Virginia)​

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George Jenkins 1864 –​

Education:

1848: Graduated from Jefferson College​

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1850: Graduated from Harvard law school​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Charleston, Virginia (West Virginia)​

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1856: Virginia Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​

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1857 – 1861: United States Congressman from Virginia​

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1857 – 1861: Member of United States Congressional Committee on Militia​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 8th​ Virginia Cavalry​

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1862: Delegate to Confederate Provincial Congress​

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1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry​

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1862: Raided Kentucky, and West Virginia​

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1862: Spent the Winter foraging for supplies in Shenandoah Valley​

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1863: Led his cavalry thru a raid on Western Virginia​

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1863: Wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2nd​​

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1864: Spent early months organizing more cavalry troops​

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1864: Commander of Department of Western Virginia​

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1864: Wounded and captured during the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain​

Died: May 21, 1864

Place of Death: Western Virginia

Cause of Death: Pneumonia, secondary hemorrhage

Age at time of Death: 33 years old

Burial Place: Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, West Virginia

 

[Pollaco]

His early activities involved raiding by his brigade. Although accomplished raiders, his brigade proved "less than effective" when serving as regular cavalry under Lee.

 

[Pollaco]

That wound he recieved at Cloyd's Mountain was severe enough to call for amputation of his arm.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Record in the United States Congress:​

1857 – 1861: Member of House Militia Committee in U.S. Congress

Record in the Confederate State Provisional Congress:​

In Congress he drew dull committee Assignments he chafed at inactivity and resigned after only one session of Congress. In his brief stay his primary concern was to the give the Confederacy a large and efficient army. He even wished to draft men who state governors declared indispensable at home. Jenkins had no patience with those who carped at the President's direction of the war, and he drew peals of laughter by comparing Henry S. Foote with the philosopher fool who proved logically that Hannibal been incompetent. Jenkins was quite willing to rest the Confederacy's fate with the army, however and saw no need for the economic reforms which the administration also desired.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Albert G. Jenkins! Salutes remembering General Jenkins on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

That wound he recieved at Cloyd's Mountain was severe enough to call for amputation of his arm.

The arm was amputated by Union surgeons after his capture.He died a few days after this procedure.

 

[Pollaco]

After Jenkins was wounded and captured at Cloyd's Mountain, command of the Confederate forces fell to Col.John McCausland.