Question About Former Confederates

[DWMack65]

I asked this Question on another site and didn't really get a response. I suppose its a hard thing to look up. Does anyone know how many Confederate veterans served in Grant's Administration? I know Longstreet and Mosby had jobs, but I wasn't sure if that was all. It would be interesting to find out. Thanks for any info.

 

[leftyhunter]

I don't know about during the Grant administration but over the years other CSA vets did get jobs in the federal govt. For example Gen. Joe O' Shelby (sp?) was a US marshal in Mo for a few years before he died and if I recall Gen.Early was at least the nominal commander of US forces in Cuba during the Spanish-American war.

Leftyhunter

 

[Delhi Rangers]

I don't know about during the Grant administration but over the years other CSA vets did get jobs in the federal govt. For example Gen. Joe O' Shelby (sp?) was a US marshal in Mo for a few years before he died and if I recall Gen.Early was at least the nominal commander of US forces in Cuba during the Spanish-American war.

Leftyhunter

Wasn't that Joe Wheeler? Didn't C. Wilcox work for the feds after the war?

 

[Nathanb1]

This is an EXCELLENT question and I believe it will take us a bit to sort out. Perhaps it's easier to look at each administration. Grant, for example. We've mentioned Longstreet.

Here's a bit from Wikipedia (not the #1 source, but ya gotta start somewhere):

To ease tensions, Grant signed the Amnesty Act of 1872 on May 23, 1872 that gave amnesty to former Confederates. This act allowed most former Confederates, who before the war had taken an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, to hold elected public office. Only 500 former Confederates remained unpardoned and therefore forbidden to hold elected public office.[40]

So if only 500 are unpardoned, that leaves a lot of folks who could participate in some way.

Amos T. Akerman

Further information: Amos T. Akerman
During Amos T. Akerman's tenure as Attorney General of the United States from 1870 to 1871, thousands of indictments were brought against Klansmen to enforce the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and the Force Acts of 1870 and 1871.

Born in the North, Akerman moved to Georgia after college and owned slaves; he fought for the Confederacy and became a Scalawag during Reconstruction, speaking out for blacks' civil rights. As U.S. Attorney General, he became the first ex-Confederate to reach the cabinet.

Akerman was unafraid of the Klan and committed to protecting the lives and civil rights of blacks. To bolster Akerman's investigation, Grant sent in Secret Service agents from the Justice Department to infiltrate the Klan and to gather evidence for prosecution. The investigations revealed that many whites participated in Klan activities. With this evidence, Grant issued a Presidential proclamation to disarm and remove the Klan's notorious white robe and hood disguises. When the Klan ignored the proclamation, Grant sent Federal troops to nine South Carolina counties to put down the violent activities of the Klan. Grant teamed Akerman up with another reformer in 1870 – the first Solicitor General and native Kentuckian Benjamin Bristow – and the duo went on to prosecute thousands of Klan members and brought a brief quiet period of two years in the turbulent Reconstruction era.[161]

Louisiana revolt and coups

On September 14, 1874, the White League and Democratic militia took control of the state house at New Orleans, and the Republican Governor William P. Kellogg was forced to flee. Former Confederate General James A. Longstreet, with 3,000 African American militia and 400 Metropolitan police, made a counter attack on the 8,000 White League troops. Consisting of former Confederate soldiers, the experienced White League troops routed Longstreet's army. On September 17, Grant sent in Federal troops, and they restored the government back to Kellogg. During the following controversial election in November, passions rose high, and violence mixed with fraud were rampant; the state of affairs in New Orleans was becoming out of control. The results were that 53 Republicans and 53 Democrats were elected with 5 remaining seats to be decided by the legislature.[114][115]

 

[Nathanb1]

Joseph Wheeler (September 10, 1836 – January 25, 1906) was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and later as a general in the United States Army during both the Spanish-American War and Philippine-American War near the turn-of-the-twentieth-century. For much of the Civil War he served as the senior cavalry general in the Army of Tennessee and fought in most of its battles in the Western Theater.
Between the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, Wheeler served multiple terms as a United States Representative from the state of Alabama.


Jo Shelby -- Shelby returned to Missouri in 1867 and resumed farming. He was appointed the U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Missouri in 1893, was a critical witness for the defense of Frank James at his trial,[5] and retained the position until his death in 1897. He died in Adrian, Missouri, and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City.

 

[Samuel.Sohm]

I don't know about during the Grant administration but over the years other CSA vets did get jobs in the federal govt. For example Gen. Joe O' Shelby (sp?) was a US marshal in Mo for a few years before he died and if I recall Gen.Early was at least the nominal commander of US forces in Cuba during the Spanish-American war.

Leftyhunter

That was Joseph Wheeler. Can't remember off the top of my head but a few more CSA vets served in high places during that war too.

 

[Samuel.Sohm]

Got it, Fitzhugh Lee, and Thomas Rosser served in the Spanish American War as well.

 

[AndyHall]

I don't believe it was in Grant's administration, but Major General John G. Walker later served a post as U.S. Consul at Bogota, Colombia, and later as Special Commissioner to the Pan-American Convention.

 

[DWMack65]

This is an EXCELLENT question and I believe it will take us a bit to sort out. Perhaps it's easier to look at each administration. Grant, for example. We've mentioned Longstreet.

Here's a bit from Wikipedia (not the #1 source, but ya gotta start somewhere):



So if only 500 are unpardoned, that leaves a lot of folks who could participate in some way.

Thats an interesting find on Ackerman. I have not heard of him until now, but I'm going to do a bit more research about him. There were quite a few confederate pardoned after the war, and what better way to unite the to halves of the country then to appoint some to federal jobs.

 

[DWMack65]

This is an EXCELLENT question and I believe it will take us a bit to sort out. Perhaps it's easier to look at each administration. Grant, for example. We've mentioned Longstreet.

Here's a bit from Wikipedia (not the #1 source, but ya gotta start somewhere):



So if only 500 are unpardoned, that leaves a lot of folks who could participate in some way.

Thats an interesting find on Ackerman. I have not heard of him until now, but I'm going to do a bit more research about him. There were quite a few confederate pardoned after the war, and what better way to unite the to halves of the country then to appoint some to federal jobs.

That was Joseph Wheeler. Can't remember off the top of my head but a few more CSA vets served in high places during that war too.

I remember reading about Wheeler's service post civil war. Early seems to me, least likely to serve the federal government after the war - especially given the writings he published. I don't think he had many kind words to say about Grant.

 

[Delhi Rangers]

The Gray Ghost turned Scalawag after the war also.
After the war, Mosby worked as an attorney and supported his former enemy's commander, President Ulysses S. Grant, serving as the U.S. consul to Hong Kong and in the Department of Justice.
Source: Wikipedia

 

[Nathanb1]

Nope. Not Early.

When the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered on April 9, 1865, Early escaped to Texas by horseback, where he hoped to find a Confederate force still holding out. He proceeded to Mexico, and from there, sailed to Cuba and Canada. Living in Toronto, he wrote his memoir, A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence, in the Confederate States of America, which focused on his Valley Campaign. The book was published in 1867.


Early was pardoned in 1868 by President Andrew Johnson, but still remained an unreconstructed rebel. In 1869, he returned to Virginia and resumed the practice of law. He was among the most vocal of those who promoted the Lost Cause movement. He criticized the actions of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet at Gettysburg. Together with former General P.G.T. Beauregard, Early was involved with the Louisiana Lottery.

At the age of 77, after falling down a flight of stairs, Early died in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was buried in the local Spring Hill Cemetery.

 

[Nathanb1]

Here's a guy who pretty much typifies what I've always thought of as a REAL scalawag!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_J._Moses,_Jr.

 

[leftyhunter]

Sorry about Early. I had no idea Longstreet led black forces against white paramilitaries after the CW.

Leftyhunter

 

[Nathanb1]

Sorry about Early. I had no idea Longstreet led black forces against white paramilitaries after the CW.

Leftyhunter

Honestly.....who would?

 

[GELongstreet]

Some generals in state or federal service, overlooking some political positions like senators, governors, judges etc.

William Wirt Allen - US Marshal
G.T. Anderson - Tax collector, Police Chief
R.H. Anderson - Police Chief of Savannah
Frank C. Armstrong - Indian agent
T.H. Bell - land agent
Mathew C. Butler - Maj. Gen. of Volunteers
B.F. Cheatham - Superintendant of prisons
T.J. Churchill - Arkansas state treasurer
John B. Clark - Clerk of the House
George B. Crittenden - Kentucky state librarian
Alfred Cumming - US military commission to Korea
James F. Fagan - US Marshal
G.W. Gordon - Indian agent
D.C. Govan - Indian agent
H.R. Jackson - Minister to Mexico
Samuel Jones - US Judge Advocate General
A.R. Lawton - Minister to Austria
Fitzhugh Lee - Consul General at Havana & Maj. Gen. of Volunteers
H.B. Lyon - Prison commissioner
A.M. Manigault - Adjutant and Inspector General of South Carolina
G.B. Rains - Clerk in the US Quartermaster department
M.W. Ransom - Minister to Mexico
W.P. Roberts - state auditor
J.B. Robertson - Superintendant of Texas bureau of immigration
William Steele - Adjutant General of Texas
T.H. Taylor - US deputy marshal & Police chief
Allen Thomas - US Consul in Venezuela
B.M. Thomas - US deputy marshal
E.L. Thomas - indian agent & land agent
J.G. Walker - US Consul General at Bogota
C.M. Wilcox - worked for US land office
M.J. Wright - asst. purser for US Navy Yard

 

[16thVA]

Allen T. Caperton, Confederate senator, was the first ex-Confederate elected to the US Senate in 1875. He died in office and was succeeded by Samuel Price, former Confederate Lt. Gov. of Virginia

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Samuel Price

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[M E Wolf]

Name ADAMS, William Wirt
Born March 22 1819, Frankfort KY
Died March 1 1888, Jackson MS
Pre-War Profession Army of Texas, planter, banker, politician
War Service October 1861 Col. of 1st Mississippi Cavalry, rear guard in A S Johnston's retreat from Kentucky, Shiloh, Iuka, Vicksburg campaign, opposed Grierson's raid, September 1863 Brig. Gen., Meridian, commanded a brigade in Forrest's corps.
Post war Career Revenue agent, postmaster
Notes Died in a street fight with a newspaper editor.

Name ALLEN, William Wirt
Born September 11 1835, New York NY
Died November 24 1894, Sheffield AL
Pre-War Profession Planter
War Service 1861 1st Lt. in Montgomery Mounted Rifles, Maj. in 1st Alabama Cavalry, Shiloh, 1862 Col., Perryville (w), Murfreesboro (w), Brig. Gen. February 1864, commanded a brigade under Wheeler in Atlanta campaign, March to the Sea, Carolinas
campaign, Maj. Gen. (temporary) March 1865
Post War Career Planter, railroads, US Marshal
Notes

Name ANDERSON, George Thomas "Tige"
Born February 3 1824, Covington GA
Died April 4 1901, Anniston AL
Pre-War Profession Mexican War, Regular Army 1855-58
War Service 1861 Col. of 11th Georgia, commanded a brigade in D R Jones' division during Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Brig. Gen. November 1862, commanded Anderson's Bde/Hood's Divn at Fredericksburg, Suffolk, Gettysburg (w), Chickamauga, Knoxville, commanded Anderson's Bde/Field's Divn at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Appomattox.
Post War Career Freight agent, police chief, tax collector
Notes

Name ANDERSON, Richard Heron "Fightin' Dick"
Born October 7 1821, Sumter Cty SC
Died June 26 1879, Beaufort SC
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1842, 2nd Dragoons, Mexican War, resigned December 1860.
War Service March 1861 Col. of 1st South Carolina, Fort Sumter, commanded at Charleston, July 1862 Brig. Gen., Pensacola, commanded Longstreet's Divn at Seven Pines, commanded Anderson's Bde/Longstreet's Divn in Seven Days, Maj. Gen. July 1862, commanded Anderson's Divn/Longstreet's Corps at Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, commanded II Corps at Spotsylvania, May 1864 Lt. Gen., Cold Harbor, commanded Bushrod Johnson's Divn at Sayler's Creek.
Post War Career State phosphate agent
Notes
On the Internet General Richard Heron Anderson

Name ANDERSON, Robert Houstoun
Born October 1 1835, Savannah GA
Died February 8 1888, Savannah GA
Education
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1857, garrison duty, served in Washington state, resigned May 1861.
War Service March 1861 Lt. of Artillery, Maj., Ft. McAllister, January 1863 Col. of 5th Georgia Cavalry, in Wheeler's cavalry division, Atlanta campaign, July 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Allen's Georgia Cavalry Bde in March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign
Post War Career Chief of police in Savannah
Notes
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[M E Wolf]

Name ARMSTRONG, Frank Crawford
Born November 22 1835, Choctaw Agency, Indian Territory
Died September 8 1909, Bar Harbor ME
Pre-War Profession 1855 commissioned as 2nd Lt. in Regular Army, Capt.
War Service 1861 First Bull Run (fought for the Union), resigned August 1861. Staff officer at Elkhorn Tavern, Col. of 3rd Louisiana, cavalry commander of Sterling Price's forces, Iuka, Corinth, April 1863 Brig. Gen., Tullahoma campaign, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Knoxville, Atlanta campaign, Franklin and Nashville campaign, Selma.
Post War Career Indian Inspector
Notes

Name BARRINGER, Rufus Clay
Born December 2 1821, Cabarrus Cty NC
Died February 3 1895, Charlotte NC
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, politician
War Service May 1861 Capt. in 1st North Carolina Cavalry, Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station (w), Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, June 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Gordon's Bde/W H F Lee's Divn, covered Lee's withdrawal from Richmond, Namozine Church (c).
Post War Career Lawyer, farmer, politician and writer.
Notes Brother-in-law to D H Hill and T J Jackson

Name BATE, William Brimage
Born October 7 1826, Bledsoe's Lick TN
Died March 9 1905, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession Clerk, Mexican War, journalist, attorney, politician
War Service 1861 Pvt., Col. of 2nd Tennessee, Shiloh (w), October 1862 Brig. Gen., Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, February 1864 Maj. Gen., Dalton, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, Greensboro.
Post War Career Lawyer, governor, US senator
Notes He was offered the governorship of Tennessee in 1863, but declined.

Name BATTLE, Cullen Andrews
Born June 1 1829, Powelton GA
Died April 8 1905, Greensboro NC
Pre-War Profession Lawyer
War Service 1861 Maj. in 3rd Alabama, Lt. Col., Seven Pines, Col., Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, August 1863 Brig. Gen., commanded Battle's Bde/Rodes' Divn in Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Third Winchester, Cedar Creek ( w), incapacitated for the remainder of the War.
Post War Career Lawyer, politician, editor, mayor.
Notes Elected to Congress 1868, but refused to take the Ironclad Oath.

Name BEALE, Richard Lee Turberville
Born May 22 1819, Hickory Hill VA
Died April 21 1893, Hague VA
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, US Congressman
War Service May 1861 1st Lt. in Lee's Light Horse - later 9th Virginia Cavalry, Lt. Col., Peninsula campaign, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Col., Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, commanded a brigade in W H F Lee's Divn, January 186 5 Brig. Gen.
Post War Career Lawyer, politician
Notes Tendered his resignation three times in 1862-63, because he didn't like regular duty.

Name BEAUREGARD, Pierre Gustave Toutant
Born May 28 1818, St Bernard Parish LA
Died February 20 1893, New Orleans LA
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1838, Mexican War, Supt. of West Point (briefly) 1861, resigned February 1861
War Service March 1861 Brig. Gen. in Confederate Provisional Army, Fort Sumter, First Manassas, July 1861 General, Shiloh - commanded Army of Tennessee after A S Johnston killed, Corinth, superseded by Bragg while on sick leave, defense of South Carolina and Georgia, commanded defenses south of Richmond, second in command to Johnston in Carolinas campaign.
Post War Career Railroad president, lottery supervisor, politician.
Notes Refused post-war offers to command foreign armies.
On the Internet Portrait of Gen. P G T Beauregard
Further reading
Roman, Alfred The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 New York, Harper & brothers 1884
Williams, T. Harry P.G.T. Beauregard : Napoleon in gray New York : Collier 1962


Name BELL, Tyree Harris
Born September 5 1815, Covington KY
Died September 1 1902, New Orleans LA
Pre-War Profession Planter
War Service June 1861 Capt. in 12th Tennessee, Lt. Col., Belmont, Shiloh, Col., Richmond KY, cavalry command under Forrest, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Ft Pillow, Brice's Cross Roads, February 1865 Brig. Gen., Selma.
Post War Career Farmer in California, US land agent.
Notes

Name BONHAM, Milledge Luke
Born December 25 1813, Edgefield District SC
Died August 27 1890, White Sulphur Springs NC
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, Seminole war, Mexican War, US congressman, Maj. Gen. of militia.
War Service 1860 Maj. Gen. in South Carolina army, April 1861 Brig. Gen. in Confederate Army, commanded 1st Bde/Army of the Potomac at First Manassas, resigned January 1862 to sit in Confederate Congress, January 1863 Governor of South Carolina , reappointed Brig. Gen. February 1865, Carolinas campaign.
Post War Career Lawyer, politician, railroad commissioner.
Notes

Name BRATTON, John
Born March 7 1831, Winnsboro SC
Died January 12 1898, Winnsboro SC
Pre-War Profession Physician
War Service 1861 Pvt. in 6th South Carolina, Capt., Fort Sumter, First Manassas, Col., Peninsula campaign, Seven Pines (w,c), exchanged several months later, Fredericksburg, Suffolk, Richmond, Wilderness, May 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Jenkins' Bde/Fields' Divn at Petersburg, Appomattox.
Post War Career Farmer, politician
Notes
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[M E Wolf]

Name BROWN, John Calvin
Born January 6 1827, Giles Cty TN
Died August 17 1889, Red Boiling Springs TN
Pre-War Profession Lawyer
War Service 1861 Pvt., May 1861 Col. of 3rd Tennessee, Fort Donelson (c), exchanged after 6 months, August 1862 Brig. Gen., Perryville Tullahoma, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, August 1864 Maj. Gen., commanded 3rd Divn at Franklin (w), Greensboro.
Post War Career Politician, governor of Tennessee, railroad president
Notes

Name BUCKNER, Simon Bolivar
Born April 1 1823, Hart Cty KY
Died January 8 1914, Munfordville KY
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1844, Mexican War, resigned 1855, businessman, commander of Kentucky Sate Guard..
War Service 1861 refused commission in Union army, September 1861 Brig. Gen., Fort Donelson (s), exchanged after 6 months, August 1862 Maj. Gen., commanded 3rd Divn at Perryville, coastal defenses in the Gulf, command of the Dept of East Tennessee, commanded a Corps at Chickamauga, September 1864 Lt. Gen. in Trans-Mississippi as Kirby Smith's chief of staff.
Post War Career Newspaper editor, governor of Kentucky, Vice-presidential nominee 1896.
Notes Last survivor of the top 3 grades of the Confederate army.
On the Internet Portrait of Gen. S B Buckner
Further reading
Stickles, Arndt Mathis Simon Bolivar Buckner: borderland knight Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press 1940

Name BUFORD, Abraham
Born January 18 1820, Woodford Cty KY
Died June 9 1884, Danville IN
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1841, Mexican War, frontier duty, resigned 1854, rancher.
War Service 1862 joined the Confederate army, September 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded a brigade of cavalry at Murfreesboro, commanded 3rd Bde/Loring's Divn in Vicksburg campaign, commanded a brigade in Forrest's Corps, Spring Hill, retreat from Nashville (w), 1865 commanded all cavalry in Alabama, Selma.
Post War Career Horse breeder, politician.
Notes Two cousins were generals in the Union army.

Name BULLOCK, Robert
Born December 8 1828, Greenville NC
Died July 27 1905, Ocala FL
Pre-War Profession Court clerk, Seminole war.
War Service 1861 Capt. in 7th Florida, Lt. Col., Murfreesboro (w), 1863 Col., Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta campaign, November 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Bullock's Bde/Bate's Divn at Spring Hill, Franklin, Murfreesboro (w).
Post War Career Lawyer, judge, politician, US congressman
Notes

Name BUTLER, Matthew Calbraith
Born March 8 1836, Greenville SC
Died April 14 1909, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, politician
War Service 1861 Capt. in Hampton Legion, First Manassas, Maj., August 1862 Col. of 2nd South Carolina Cavalry, Sharpsburg campaign, Fredericksburg, Brandy station (w), September 1863 Brig. Gen., Trevilian Station, September 1864 Maj. Gen., commanded Butler's Divn/Cavalry Corps in Carolinas campaign.
Post War Career Lawyer, US senator, Maj. Gen. of Volunteers in Spanish-American War, businessman.
Notes Worked to integrate blacks into South Carolina politics.

Name CABELL, William Lewis "Old Tige"
Born January 1 1827, Danville VA
Died February 22 1911, Dallas TX
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1850, Quartermaster's Dept.
War Service 1861 Major, chief quartermaster to Beauregard, staff of J E Johnston, joined Van Dorn's cavalry, Elkhorn Tavern, Corinth (w), Iuka, January 1863 Brig. Gen. commanding cavalry in Arkansas and recruiting, Poison Spring, Sterling Price's raid (c).
Post War Career Lawyer, politician, lottery supervisor
Notes
Further reading
Harvey, Paul Old Tige: General William L. Cabell, CSA Hillsboro TX, Hill Junior College Press 1970

Name CHALMERS, James Ronald
Born January 11 1831, Halifax Cty VA
Died April 9 1898, Memphis TN
Pre-War Profession Lawyer
War Service March 1861 Capt. in 9th Mississippi, April 1861 Col., commanded a brigade at Pensacola, February 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/Bragg's Corps at Shiloh, commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps at Murfreesboro (w), transferred to cavalry, command 1st Cavalry Divn under Forrest, Ft Pillow, Franklin and Nashville campaign.
Post War Career Lawyer, US congressman.
Notes Earned high praise from Forrest at Shiloh

Name CHEATHAM, Benjamin Franklin
Born October 20 1820, Nashville TN
Died September 4 1886, Nashville TN
Pre-War Profession Farmer, Mexican War, Maj. Gen. in Tennessee state militia, gold miner.
War Service 1861 Brig. Gen. then Maj. Gen. in Provisional Army of Tennessee, July 1861 Brig. Gen. in Confederate Army, Belmont, March 1862 Maj. Gen., commanded 1st Divn/Polk's Corps at Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, commanded Cheatham's Divn/Polk's Corps at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, commanded Cheatham's Divn/Hardee's Corps in Atlanta campaign, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Nashville, Carolinas campaign.
Post War Career Superintendent of prisons, postmaster.
Notes Blamed by Hood for letting Schofield escape at Spring Hill.
Further reading
Losson, Christopher Tennessee's forgotten warriors : Frank Cheatham and his Confederate division Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press 1989

Name CHESNUT, James Jr.
Born January 18 1815, Camden SC
Died February 1 1885, Camden SC
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, politician, US senator.
War Service 1861 elected to CSA Congress, Col. on Beauregard's staff at Fort Sumter, First Manassas, staff of President Davis, April 1864 Brig. Gen., led reserves in South Carolina.
Post War Career Politician
Notes Husband of Mary Boykin Chesnut, diarist.
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