{⋆★⋆} BG Perry, Edward A.

Edward Ayllesworth Perry​

Born: March 15, 1831

Birthplace: Richmond, Massachusetts

Father: Asa Perry 1788 – 1885

Mother: Philura Aylesworth 1792 – 1879

Wife: Warthen Virginia Taylor 1837 – 1916

(Buried: Saint John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida)​

Children:

Edward Warthen Perry 1866 – 1916​

(Buried: Saint John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida)​

Education:

Attended Yale University​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Pensacola, Florida​

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1857 – 1861: Judge of Escambia County, Florida​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Captain of 2nd​ Florida Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Colonel of 2nd​ Florida Infantry Regiment

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1862: Wounded during the Battle of Glendale, Virginia​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1864: Wounded during the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia​

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1864 – 1865: Served with Confederate Reserves in Invalid Corps​

Occupation after War:

Attorney in Pensacola, Florida​

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1885 – 1889: Governor of Florida​

Died: October 15, 1889

Place of Death: Kerville, Texas

Age at time of Death: 58 years old

Cause of Death: Sudden Stroke

Burial Place: Saint John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida

 

[Pollaco]

He entered Confederate service as head of the Rifle Rangers.( Co. A, 2nd Florida)

 

[Pollaco]

He missed the Gettysburg Campaign due to typhoid.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday General Perry! Remembering General Perry on his birthday. (sorry it's a day late)

 

[Pollaco]

He picked as his running mate in 1884 Milton Mabry for Lt. Governor. The State Board of Education was established during the Edwards-Mabry Administration .

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Edward A. Perry! Salutes remembering General Perry on his birthday.

 

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Edward A. Perry, Yankee General of the Florida Brigade
Sigsbee C. Prince Jr.

The Florida Historical Quarterly
Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jan., 1951), pp. 197-205 (9 pages)
Published by: Florida Historical Society

Full article, with free Google sign-in (if you have a Gmail account, you have a Google sign-in) can be read here - https://www.jstor.org/stable/30138822

Cheers,
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[Pollaco]

He was promoted to brigadier on August 28, 1862 during the time he was recuperating from his wounding at Frayser's farm.He commanded the Florida troops in Lee's army at Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville.