St. John Richardson Liddell
Born: September 6, 1815
Birthplace: Wilkinson County, Mississippi
Father: Moses Liddell 1785 – 1856
Mother: Bethia Frances Richardson 1784 – 1824
Wife: Mary Metcalfe Roper 1815 – 1869
(Buried: Llanada Plantation Cemetery, Jonesville, Louisiana)
Children:
Louisa R. Liddell McMillam
(Buried: Llanada Plantation Cemetery, Jonesville, Louisiana)
Moses J. Liddell Unknown – 1891
Caroline Griffin Liddell Gillis
(Buried: Llanada Plantation Cemetery, Jonesville, Louisiana)
Sarah M. Liddell 1835 – 1858
(Buried: Llanada Plantation Cemetery, Jonesville, Louisiana)
Bethia Frances Liddell Young 1842 – 1921
(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)
William Roper Liddell 1846 – 1850
(Buried: Llanada Plantation Cemetery, Jonesville, Louisiana)
Volney Metcalfe Liddell 1851 – 1907
(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)
Willie Liddell
Education:
1834 – 1835: Attended West Point Military Academy
Occupation before War:
Plantation Owner in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Civil War Career:
Staff Officer to General William Joseph Hardee
Staff Officer to General Albert Sidney Johnston
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862 – 1863: Brigade Commander in Cleburne's Division
1862: Brigade Commander during Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
1862 – 1863: Brigade Commander during Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863: Division Commander during the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
Refused to be Chief of Staff for General Braxton Bragg
Commander of District of Northeastern, Louisiana
1864 – 1865: Commander of Infantry at Mobile, Alabama
1865: Commander during the Battle of Fort Blakely, Alabama
Occupation after War:
1866: Wrote his Memoirs highly critical of Confederate leadership
Plantation Owner in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Died: February 14, 1870
Place of Death: Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Age at time of Death: 54 years old
Cause of Death: Murdered
Burial Place: Llanda Plantation Cemetery, Jonesville, Louisiana
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