{⋆★⋆} BG McNair, Evander

Evander McNair​

Born: April 15. 1820

Birthplace: Scotland County, North Carolina

Father: John Evander McNair Sr. 1760 – 1854

Mother: Nancy Fletcher 1766 – 1856

Wife: Hannah Merrell 1827 – 1878

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Mississippi)​

Children:

Edward Fletcher McNair 1860 – 1910​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Magnolia Mississippi)​

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Anna Knox McNair 1864 – 1866​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Magnolia Mississippi)​

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Myra Conway McNair 1865 – 1950​

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Margaret McNair Fairley 1866 – 1947​

(Buried: Highland Cemetery Hattiesburg Mississippi)​

Occupation before War:

Mercantile Businessman in Jackson, Mississippi​

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Served in the Mexican War in 1st​ Mississippi Rifles​

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Mercantile Businessman in Washington, Arkansas​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 4th​ Arkansas Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Participated in the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1862 – 1863: Brigade Commander Battle of Stones River, Tennessee​

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1863: Participated in the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi​

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1863: Wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia​

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1864 – 1865: Served in the Trans – Mississippi Department​

Occupation after War:

Mercantile Businessman in New Orleans, Louisiana​

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Mercantile Businessman in Hattiesburg, Mississippi​

Died: November 13, 1902

Place of Death: Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Age at time of Death: 82 years old

Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Mississippi

 

[Luke Freet]

Another one of those generals you dont hear about much. His Arkansans were much outshone by those of Cleburne's division, but his brigade did great service from Wilson's Creek to Pea Ridge to Richmond to Chickamauga on thru the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin-Nashville and the Carolinas. Though, he would no longer be with it after Chickamauga.

 

[Pete Longstreet]

His brigade was known as the "Star Brigade at Chickamauga", which he was then wounded during that battle.

 

[Pollaco]

Took over command of a Brigade after Louis Hebert was captured at Pea Ridge.

When he served as a 1st Sargent in Co. E of the 1st Mississippi Rifles it was under Col. Jefferson Davis.

Before becoming a colonel he was Lt. Colonel of McNair's Arkansas Battalion.This battalion was probably the nucleus of the 4th Arkansas as his Battalion was increased to regimental size at about the same time McNair became a Colonel.

 

[CSA Today]

Brig. Gen. Evander McNair, the son of Scottish immigrants, was born this day April 15, 1820, in the eastern part of Richmond County (now Scotland County), North Carolina. The family moved to Mississippi while Evander was still a baby. He was born approximately 10 miles from my house.

McNair, Evander | NCpedia

 

[Norman Dasinger Jr]

Go Gators: The Confederate General Who Helped Establish the University of Florida​ Norman Dasinger, Jr., April 12, 2021 blueandgrayeducation.org "View from the summit of Little Round Top at 7:30 p.m. July 3, 1863," painting by Edwin Forbes | LOC In the movie Gettysburg, one of its most visually dramatic combat scenes involved Union Col. Joshua Chamberlain and his 20th Maine defending Little Round Top. Who were those Confederates the Maine men were killing? The answer is Gen. Evander M. Law's Alabama Brigade. Many years later, that same General Law would play a role in establishing the current University of Florida. Gen. Evander M. Law in the 1860s | LOC Law was from Darlington, South Carolina, and his family had been active in the American Revolution, fighting with the "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion. Law attended the South Carolina Military Academy (now the Citadel) and, upon graduation in 1856, became a teacher. For two years he was employed at the Kings Mountain Military Academy in York County, South Carolina, and by 1860 had moved to Tuskegee, Alabama. Here, he worked to establish his own military academy, but the year 1861 came, and his life's plans were changed forever. Instrumental in the formation of the 4th Alabama Infantry, Law soon became the leader of this regiment. By the way, it was the 4th Alabama to which General Bee was speaking when he remarked: "There stands Jackson like a stone wall, rally 'round the Virginian" at the battle of First Manassas in July 1861. By 1863, Law had been promoted to command an all-Alabama Infantry brigade under the leadership of Confederate First Corps Commander James Longstreet. In the movie, Jeff Daniels—as Joshua Chamberlain—defiantly yelled, "Bayonets!" then led a charge into Law's 4th, 15th, 44th, 47th, and 48th Alabama regiments down Little Round Top. Law and his brigade would go on to participate in the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, and the Knoxville Campaign. Law had a "falling out" with Longstreet in late 1863 and eventually would end the Civil War commanding cavalry in North Carolina, opposing Union General Sherman and finishing his military service as a major general. The last remaining building of the South Florida Military College | CC He returned to Tuskegee but could not reestablish his military school. In fact, it would be Law's former school's structures out of which the modern Tuskegee University would grow. Later, the former Confederate general saw an opportunity and moved to Bartow, Florida, in 1881, where in 1894 he would establish another military school modeled after The Citadel. It would be called the South Florida Military Institute. The school stressed scientific and technological studies, especially engineering. Law would head his new school until 1903, when he resigned to become a newspaper editor. He died in 1920 as the oldest surviving Confederate major general and is buried in Bartow. What about that University of Florida connection? In 1905 the state passed the Buckland Act, which ordered the consolidation of six colleges into four. Therefore, Law's military school was closed, but it would be selected as one of the founding members of a new school in Gainesville—the University of Florida. In fact, it was the superior faculty and equipment from Bartow that became the basis for the school of engineering at the new university. What became of the former campus of the South Florida Military Institute? Law's house—the former school's headquarters—still stands. In 1927, the Summerlin Institute would relocate to Law's former school site. In 1968, it was integrated with the all-Black Union Academy to become Bartow Senior High School. The history and traditions of both schools—therefore Law's institute as well—make up the personality and heritage of the modern Bartow Senior High School. This Civil War Dispatch has been brought to you by the Blue and Gray Education Society, a non-profit 501-3C educational organization. Please visit us at www.blueandgrayeducation.org.​

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[Pollaco]

It sounds like we're discussing 2 differant generals both with the first name Evander, but the title seems to indicate that it's about McNair. There seems to be some controversy over his participation in the Sterling Price Raid into Missouri. Some say he was there but there is no record of it. But he did serve on a board of inquiry into the event.

 

[CSA Today]

It sounds like we're discussing 2 differant generals both with the first name Evander, but the title seems to indicate that it's about McNair. There seems to be some controversy over his participation in the Sterling Price Raid into Missouri. Some say he was there but there is no record of it. But he did serve on a board of inquiry into the event.

I remember reading something several years ago in a Blue Gray magazine that General McNair's were among the first at the onset of the Battle of Chicamauga.

 

[Norman Dasinger Jr]

same name diff person

 

[gentlemanrob]

 

[Luke Freet]

McNair had served brilliantly as a brigadier at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga. I believe he was transferred west after Chickamauga due to his wounds at said battle, but I am not certain. I may not have been until February, when Ltc. Daniel H. Reynolds was promoted to Brigadier General to command the brigade in McNair's stead.

 

[danny]

The Fourth Arkansas Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.

Eight companies of infantry were raised southwestern in Arkansas and arrived around the 16 August 1861 at Millers Spring in Lawrence Co. Missouri. On 17 August they were sworn into Confederate service. Companies A through H. 668 men. Officers were elected.
Colonel: McNAIR, Evander from Hempstead Co.

Two more companies, K from Calhoun Co. and I from Polk Co. joined then on 29 November to make a full regiment.


8/14/62 Gen Kirby Smith started on the 14th en route to Rogers' Gap, with 4 Bgdes, 6000 strong. The Bgdes of Preston Smith & B. J. Hill were commanded by Gen Cleburne, & the Bgdes of McCray & McNair were under command of Gen Churchill.

On November 4, 1862, Colonel McNair was commissioned brigadier-general.

On the 31st of December at Murfreesboro, McNair's brigade took part in the brilliant charge of McCown's division

At Chickamauga, McNair was wounded. He and his brigade were sent back to Mississippi after the battle of Chickamauga, and in 1864 he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi department, in which he continued to serve until the close of the war. Source: Confederate Military History, vol. XIV

Gammage, W.L. The Camp, the Bivouac, and the Battlefield
Lavendar, Captain John W. 1837-1921. The War Memoirs of Captain John W. Lavender, CSA The Southern Press, 1956. Sub title: They Never Came Back, the story of Co. F. Fourth Arkansas Infantry, CSA



9/23/64 Monticello, Ark-Spec orders Churchill's Div

I. Brig Gen McNair having been assigned to the command of the Bgde of Ark Infy known as Dockery's Bgde, & having reported to these Hqs, will immediately enter upon the discharge of the duties as cdr of said Bgde.

Sept 64 returns
Gen McNair
1st Ark consol-Lt Col W. W. Reynolds
2nd Ark consol-Col T.J. Reid
3rd Ark consol-Col H. G. P. Williams


10/11/64 Camp Bragg-McNair's Bgde/Churchill Div-recommends Lt Hodgkins of 23rd Ark to Maj & AIG-New position no one having been assigned since Bgde was organized 5/17/ 64

10/19/64 Camden
I. During the absence of Gen Churchill, Gen McNair assumes command of this Div.


12/7/64 War Dept references to endorsements for E McNair as Maj Gen-Returned to Sec of War-Cooper say no returns rec'd from TM Dept for 18 months so we have no idea of organization or vacancies there

2/6/65 Camp Magruder, Hqs Churchill's Div-Churchill instructs McNair to assume temporary command of the Div during his absence.

3/19/65 Hqs Churchill's Div, Shreveport-Gen McNair cdg Div to Col Davies at Minden-take command of yours, Gaither's[27th​] & Shaver's Regt [38th​] & march here or wherever the Div may be. On arrival, the Regts will return to their Bgdes