Joseph Brevard Kershaw
Born: January 5, 1822
Birthplace: Camden, South Carolina
Father: U.S. Congressman John Kershaw 1765 – 1829
(Buried: Kershaw Family Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Mother: Harriett DuBose 1791 – 1845
(Buried: Kershaw Family Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Wife: Lucretia Douglas 1825 – 1902
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden ,South Carolina)
Children:
Rev. John Kershaw 1847 – 1921
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Mary Martin Kershaw Shannon 1848 – 1934
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Harriet DuBose Kershaw Lang 1850 – 1930
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Charlotte Douglas Kershaw 1851 – 1923
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
James Douglas Kershaw 1852 – 1854
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Lucretia Douglas Kershaw 1859 – 1859
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Josephine Serre Kershaw deLoach 1867 – 1938
(Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina)
Lynch Deas Kershaw 1868 –
Education:
Attended School in Camden & Cokesbury, South Carolina
Occupation before War:
1843 – 1861: Attorney in Camden, South Carolina
Participated in the Mexican War saw little action due to sickness
1852 – 1856: South Carolina State Senator
1859 – 1861: Colonel in the South Carolina State Militia
1861: Delegate to South Carolina State Secession Convention
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 2nd South Carolina Infantry
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run
1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862: Participated in the Battle of Malvern Hill
1862: Participated in the Battle of Savages Station
1862: Participated in the Battle of Sharpsburg
1862: Participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg
1863: Participated in the Battles of Chancellorsville & Gettysburg
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chickamuga, Tennessee
1863: Participated in the Battle of Knoxville, Tennessee
1864: Participated in the Wilderness Campaign
1864: Participated in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
1864 – 1865: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry
1864: Participated in the Battle of North Anna, Virginia
1864: Participated in the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia
1864: Participated in the Petersburg, Virginia Campaign
1865: Captured during the Battle of Saylor's Creek, Virginia
1865: Prisoner of War until August at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Camden, South Carolina
1865 – 1866: South Carolina State Senator
Member of the Union Reform Party
Wrote resolutions recognizing the Reconstruction Acts
1874: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Representative
1877 – 1893: Judge of 5th South Carolina Circuit Court
1893 – 1894: United States Postmaster, Camden, South Carolina
Died: April 13, 1894
Place of Death: Camden, South Carolina
Cause of Death: Not Known
Age at time of Death: 72 years old
Burial Place: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina
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