Max Van Den Corput

[Rikken]

Anyone knows more about Max Van Den Corput?A Belgian/American Officer in the Confederate army?

 

[chellers]

See link below for more information:

 

[Pat Young]

See link below for more information:

Good one.

 

[Pat Young]

A lot of info is available here. He was a prominent architect.

http://www.oaklandcemetery.com/tag/max-van-den-corput/

 

[Pat Young]

Here info on his role in the Battle of Resaca:

https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/van-den-corputs-battery

 

[WJC]

Here info on his role in the Battle of Resaca:

https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/van-den-corputs-battery

Thanks for the link.
No wonder Johnston was forced to retire. "Stevenson ordered Capt. Maximilian Van Den Corput's "Cherokee Battery" of four Napoleons to be places some 20 years in front of his entrenched infantry. "
Timing is everything....

 

[AUG]

Here's an old thread on his battery at the battle of Resaca: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/van-den-corputs-battery-at-the-battle-of-resaca.99481/

 

[Rikken]

Here info on his role in the Battle of Resaca:

https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/van-den-corputs-battery

Thank you Pat,interesting story about Van Den Corput....there is not much to find about Belgian's in the ACW,i appreciate this

 

[Pat Young]

Thank you Pat,interesting story about Van Den Corput....there is not much to find about Belgian's in the ACW,i appreciate this

The 1860 Census says that there were 9,072 people born in Belgium living in the United States.
https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/tab04.html