{⋆★⋆} BG Taliaferro, William B.

William Booth Taliaferro​

Born: December 28, 1822

Birthplace: Glouchester County, Virginia

Father: Warner Throckmorton Taliaferro 1802 – 1877

(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glouchester, Virginia)​

Mother: Frances A. T. Booth 1802 – 1824

(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glouchester, Virginia)​

Wife: Sallie Lyons 1828 – 1899

(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glouchester, Virginia)​

Children:

Leah Seddon Taliaferro 1854 – 1931​

(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glouchester, Virginia)​

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James Lyons Taliaferro 1855 – 1928​

(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glouchester, Virginia)​

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Dr. Warner Throckmorton Langhourne Taliaferro 1857 – 1941​

(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glouchester, Virginia)​

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Frances Booth "Fannie" Taliaferro 1858 – 1867​

(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glouchester, Virginia)​

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George Wythe Booth Taliaferro 1860 – 1931​

(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glouchester, Virginia)​

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Mary Henningham Lyons "Nina" Taliaferro Sanders 1868 – 1958​

(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glouchester, Virginia)​

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William Churchill Lyons Taliaferro 1871 – 1946​

(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glouchester, Virginia)​

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Dr. Edward Carrington Stanard Taliaferro 1874 – 1932​

(Buried: Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glouchester, Virginia)​

Education:

Attended Harvard University​

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1841: Graduated from the College of William & Mary​

Occupation:

Served in the Mexican War served with 11th​ and 9th​ U.S. Infantry​

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Member of Virginia State House of Delegates​

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Prominent Backer of James Buchanan for President​

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Commander in the Virginia State Militia​

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Civil War Career:

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1861 – 1862: Colonel of 23rd​ Virginia Infantry​

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1861: Participated in the Battle of Greenbrier River​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1862: Seriously injured during the Second Battle of Bull Run​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia​

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1862 – 1864: Commander of the District of Savannah, Georgia​

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1863: Participated in the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina​

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1864: Commander of all forces in Eastern District of Florida​

1864: Participated in the Battle of Olustee, Florida​

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1864 – 1865: Commander of all Confederate Forces in South Carolina​

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1865: Surrendered in Virginia with Army of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida​

Occupation after War:

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Member of Virginia State House of Delegates​

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Judge in the State of Virginia​

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Member of the Board of College of William and Mary​

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Member of the Board of Virginia Military Institute​

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Died: February 27, 1898

Place of Death: Durham Massie Estate, Glouchester, Virginia

Cause of Death: Apoplexy

Age at time of Death: 75 years old

Burial Place: Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glouchester, Virginia

 

[John Hartwell]

Norfolk Landmark, March 1, 1898:

 

[Stone in the wall]

Was he related to Col Alexander Galt Taliaferro, also of the 23rd Va?

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy upcoming Birthday (December 28th) Brig. General William B. Taliaferro! Salutes remembering General Taliaferro on his upcoming birthday.

 

[Luke Freet]

Was he related to Col Alexander Galt Taliaferro, also of the 23rd Va?

Yes, I believe Alex was his younger brother.

 

[Luke Freet]

Taliaferro was transferred from command of Jackson's old division after Fredericksburg, as he and Jackson did not get along. He served along the coasts until 1865, when he commanded a division made up of Charleston's old garrison to stymie the advance of Sherman. His men did well at Averesborough and Bentonville.

 

[Pollaco]

I like the story of Taliaferro and his men coming upon an abandoned plantation in early 1865. The plantation was in Western Virginia and the negro slaves had been shackled and abandoned. Taliaferro ordered his men to release the shackled slaves and even gave them an escort to Ohio.

 

[Pollaco]

Yes, I believe Alex was his younger brother.

I think Alex was the Lt. Col. when William was the Col. of the 23rd. It looks like Alex took over as Col.of the 23rd when William took over the Stonewall Division when Gen. Winder was killed at Cedar Mountain.

 

[danny]

12/28/64 Taliaferro's Div is hereby constituted as per monument inscription:
[1/1/65 Taliaferro to Maj Gen]

Monument at Averasboro
Front:

Taliaferro's Div
Elliott's Bgde
22nd Ga Bn
28th Ga Bn
Hanleiter's Bn
Manigault's Bn
2nd SC Hvy Arty Bn
Gist Guard Arty
6th NC Bn armory guards

Rhett's Bgde
1st SC Infy (Regt)
1st SC Hvy Arty Bn
Lucas' SC Bn
Arty Bn
Legardeur's Btry
Stuart's Btry

Rear: dedicated to the / Confederate Soldiers / of Taliaferro's Div / who fought & died / during / the battle of Averasboro 3/15-16

 

[ErnieMac]

Colonel William Taliaferro led a brigade under Loring's command during the January 1862 Romney Expedition. Loring's officers sent a letter to the Secretary of War (Judah Benjamin) complaining they were isolated and requesting Jackson be directed to withdraw the command. Loring signed the document and forwarded it to Jackson who sent it to Richmond. While the letter was working its way through channels, Taliaferro and another officer, with Loring's consent, traveled to Richmond and relayed their complaints to numerous officials, eventually meeting with Jefferson Davis.

Very shortly afterward things blew up. Benjamin, at Davis' direction, ordered Jackson to withdraw Loring from Romney. Jackson complied and then submitted his resignation. Over the next month affairs got sorted out. Jackson rescinded his resignation. Loring and all non-Virginia troops were reassigned to other theaters. A newly promoted BG William Taliaferro returned to Jackson's command and would briefly command Jackson's former division, but there is no warmth in the relationship. In early 1863 Taliaferro would be transferred to South Carolina. He would never receive any further promotion despite probably having merited one.

America's Civil War: May 1997 From the Editor

The unexpected and unnecessary Loring-Jackson incident almost derailed two promising military careers. When Major General William Wing Loring led the

www.historynet.com

 

[Stone in the wall]

No love between Loring's troops and the Stonewall Brigade, whom Loring's men considered "Jackson's Pets" either.

 

[USS ALASKA]

Some free reading...

W&M ScholarWorks
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
1964

The Military Career of William Booth Taliaferro, April 1861-February 1863
Robert Charles Bolander
College of William & Mary

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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to trace the military career in Virginia of Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro C. S. A. The available biographical sketches of Taliaferro are inadequate, especially those concerning his military career. There is disagreement over whether or not Taliaferro was ever promoted to Major General. And If he did receive his commission why was it not until the end of the war. Was it because he was incompetent? If he was competent, then why was his promotion so long in coming? And why was he passed over for promotion when he was the senior officer in his division? What was it that made him transfer to another theatre of war?

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W&M ScholarWorks
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
1973

William Booth Taliaferro: A Biography
Martha Arle Sibley
College of William & Mary

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ABSTRACT
An adequate knowledge of history should contain an understanding of both the men who led and the men who followed. Upheavals in the nineteenth-century South produced many leaders, but millions of followers. In this paper I hope to contribute to that branch of history which deals with little known historical figures, by examining a reasonably typical, upper-class Virginian of the nineteenth century. The term average can readily be applied to William Booth Taliaferro. He represents that group of aristocratic Virginians who dominated the commonwealth's affairs before the Civil War, furnished a large number of officers for the Confederate army, and returned from the war to rebuild Virginia through politics, business, and education. Nurtured in the pre-war ideals of honor and service to one's country, Taliaferro spent his life in the customary pursuits of law, politics, education, and the military. Although the Civil War did not alter his basic ideals, Taliaferro accepted the changes that faced Virginia's society and applied himself to improving the condition of the state. Besides his representative characteristics, Taliaferro makes an interesting subject because of his contact with famous men and important events. During his seventy-six years, Taliaferro had some association with such men as Winfield Scott, John Brown, Stonewall Jackson, P.G.T. Beauregard, Joe Johnston, William Mahone, and Lyon G. Tyler. Militarily, he participated in the Mexican War, the protection of Harper's Ferry following John Brown's raid, and in the Civil War. Politically, he took office with the return of Conservative power after the Civil War and held his position until the state debt question reared its head to dominate Virginia politics. In education, Taliaferro served on the boards of three state colleges during each school's formative years, and spent twenty-seven years during the crucial post-war period on the Board of Visitors for the College of William and Mary.

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