{⋆★⋆} LG Taylor, Richard

Richard Taylor​

Born: January 27, 1826

Birthplace: Springfield Family Plantation, near Louisville, Kentucky

Father: President & General Zachary Taylor 1784 – 1850

(Buried: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)​

Mother: Margaret Mackall Smith 1788 – 1852

(Buried: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)​

Wife: Louise Marie Myrthe Briniger 1834 – 1875

(Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana)​

Married: February 10, 1851 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Children:

Louise Margaret Taylor 1852 – 1901​

(Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana)​

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Zachary Taylor 1858 – 1863​

(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana)

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Richard Taylor 1860 – 1863​

(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana)​

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Elizabeth Taylor Stauffer 1854 -​

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Myrthe Betty Taylor Stauffer 1864 – 1942​

(Buried: Metairie Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana)​

Education:

1845: Graduated from Yale University​

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Occupation:

1847 – 1848: Military Secretary to General Zachary Taylor​

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Cotton Plantation Manager in Jefferson County, Mississippi

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Manager of a large sugar cane plantation​

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Civil War Career:

1861: Colonel of 9th​ Louisiana Infantry​

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1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run​

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1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1862: Participated in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign​

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1862 – 1864: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Fort Bisland​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Irish Bend​

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1864 – 1865: Lt. General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1864: Participated in the Red River Campaign​

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1865: Commander of the Defenses of Mobile, Alabama​

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1865: Surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama​

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Occupation after War:

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Wrote his Memoirs​

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Opponent of Republican Radical Reconstruction​

Died: April 12, 1879

Place of Death: New York City, New York

Cause of Death: Great engorgement and infarction of the spleen, thrombosis of splenic and portal veins, ascites and hematemesis

Age at time of Death: 53 years old

Burial Place: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana

 

[Pollaco]

The flag of the 3rd Texas Infantry had reversed colors, a red cross on a blue field. This was known as a "Taylor Flag".he supposedly had one like it flying at His headquarters.

 

[farrargirl]

www.louisianadigitallibrary.org.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Lt. General Richard "Fighting Dick" Taylor! Salutes remembering General Taylor on his birthday.

 

[USS ALASKA]

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[jackt62]

Did Davis ever consider Taylor as a replacement for Johnston, instead of Hood? Taylor may not have been a professionally trained soldier but he seemed to have one of the more respectable command performances in the western theater.

 

[Luke Freet]

Did Davis ever consider Taylor as a replacement for Johnston, instead of Hood? Taylor may not have been a professionally trained soldier but he seemed to have one of the more respectable command performances in the western theater.

I think his health was a factor against giving him the command. Army command is quite rigorous, and his health was always concerning.
I do think he would have been a better choice of an army commander on a simpler objective level, in terms of skill and ability.

 

[nc native]

I have not read Richard Taylor's memoirs in whole but I have read passages from it concerning the Valley Campaign with General Jackson and found what I read to be illuminating and interesting especially concerning his dealings with old Stonewall. If the rest of his memoirs are written like that I would love to read the rest of it. I noticed he had two young sons die in 1863. That must have been very hard on him and his wife.

 

[JerryD]

I have not read Richard Taylor's memoirs in whole but I have read passages from it concerning the Valley Campaign with General Jackson and found what I read to be illuminating and interesting especially concerning his dealings with old Stonewall. If the rest of his memoirs are written like that I would love to read the rest of it. I noticed he had two young sons die in 1863. That must have been very hard on him and his wife.

I just finished reading his memoirs. Very interesting guy and certainly, in my opinion, one of the abler generals in the CSA. His memoirs are a difficult read though. He is obviously very highly educated and loves to show off his education with an excessive amount of classical, biblical and historical allusions that, to me at least, didnt mean anything most of the time. He was most certainly very bitter about the war, though, and that comes through in his writing. But its still a very worthwhile read.

 

[29thWisCoG]

Taylor almost completely destroyed Banks in the Red River campaign despite being greatly outnumbered.

 

[Norman Dasinger Jr]

When Taylor met with Canby in Citronelle AL to discuss surrender of troops, as he departed from the MAgee house the Federal Band in the front yard played Dixie.

 

[Pollaco]

There is no need to mention how Taylor and Jefferson Davis were brothers-in-law. Most everyone is aware of that.

 

[Pollaco]

From what I've read Taylor didn't actually participate in the fighting part of 1st Manassas. He was there but arrived late and missed the fighting.