{⋆★⋆} BG Scales, Alfred Moore

Alfred Moore Scales​

Born: November 26, 1827

Birth Place: Reidsville, North Carolina

Father: Dr. Robert Henry Scales 1805 – 1882

(Buried: Greenview Cemetery, Reidsville, North Carolina)​

Mother: Jane Watt Bethell 1809 – 1878

(Buried: Greenview Cemetery, Reidsville, North Carolina)​

Wife: Kate B. Henderson 1846 – 1930

(Buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina)​

Education:

Graduated from University of North Carolina​

Occupation before War:

Teacher in Rockingham County, North Carolina​

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Attorney in Madison, North Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Captain in 13th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of 13th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Yorktown, Virginia​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia​

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1862: Collapsed from Exhaustion during the Battle of Malvern Hill​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia​

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1863: Wounded in the thigh during the Battle of Chancellorsville​

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1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army, Infantry​

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1863: Wounded in the leg during the Battle of Gettysburg​

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1864: Participated in the Wilderness Campaign​

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1864: Participated in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House​

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1864 – 1865: Participated in the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia​

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1865: On leave on absence during the Surrender at Appomattox​

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1865: Applied for amnesty in Raleigh, North Carolina​

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1866: Pardoned by the United States Government (June 18, 1866)​

Occupation after War:

Attorney in the State of North Carolina​

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1885 – 1889: Governor of North Carolina​

Died: February 9, 1892

Place of Death: Greensboro, North Carolina

Cause of Death: Brights Disease

Age at time of Death: 64 years old

Burial Place: Green Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina

 

[Pollaco]

He had been commanding William D. Pender's old brigade after Pender's wounding at Fredricksburg. After Chancellorsville Scales succeeded Pender permanently as Pender went on to Divisional Command in May of 1863. They were both wounded at Gettysburg and rode in the same ambulance back to Virginia.

 

[Pollaco]

Unless I overlooked it on this bio He also was a state legistature and served one term in the House of Representatives before the war. He was another of those soldiers who entered the war as a private and climbed the "rank ladder" all the way to brigadier general.

 

[jvarnell]

Salute!

 

[rpkennedy]

He had been commanding William D. Pender's old brigade after Pender's wounding at Fredricksburg. After Chancellorsville Scales succeeded Pender permanently as Pender went on to Divisional Command in May of 1863. They were both wounded at Gettysburg and rode in the same ambulance back to Virginia.

Pender was a bullet magnet and was wounded in almost every battle in which he fought. As senior colonel, Scales often temporarily took command when Pender was incapacitated.

Ryan

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday week (November 26th) Brig. General Alfred M. Scales! Salutes remembering General Scales on his birthday week.

 

[Pollaco]

That collapse from exhaustion at Malvern Hill brought him to "near death".It took him to the following November to fully recuperate. That time off to recoup made him miss 2nd Manassas and Antietam.

 

[Pollaco]

Pender was a bullet magnet and was wounded in almost every battle in which he fought. As senior colonel, Scales often temporarily took command when Pender was incapacitated.

Ryan

At Fredricksburg as Scales was taking over for the wounded Pender, the general supposedly told him to "Drive those scoundrels out". Afterward dislodging the enemy, A.P. Hill reported that the job was "handsomely done."

 

[Pollaco]

Every field officer except 2 in his brigade was killed or wounded on the first day at Gettysburg.On the 3rd day his brigade took part in "Pickett's Charge" but under the command of Col. William Lowrance.

 

[Pollaco]

After Chancellorsville General Lee made 8 promotions to brigadier. Of the 8, Scales was the first mentioned.