Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox
Born: Mary 29, 1824
Birthplace: Wayne County, North Carolina
Father: Reuben Wilcox
Mother: Sarah Garland
Wife: Never Married
Education:
Attended Cumberland College
1846: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (54th in class)
Occupation before War:
1846 – 1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment
1847 – 1851: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment
1847: Served in the Siege of Vera Cruz, Mexico
1847: Served in the Battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico
1847: Served in the Skirmish at Amazoque, Mexico
1847: Adjutant of United States Army 7th Infantry Regiment
1847 – 1848: Aide to Major General John A. Quitman
1847: Served in the storming of Chapultepec, Mexico
1847: Brevetted 1st Lt. for Gallantry at Battle of Chapultepec
1847: Served in the Capture of Mexico City, Mexico
1848 – 1849: Garrison Duty at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
1849: Recruiter for United States Army
1849 – 1850: Served in the Fighting in Florida against Seminoles
1850 – 1851: Garrison Duty at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
1851 – 1860: 1st Lt. United States Army, 7th Infantry Regiment
1851 – 1852: Garrison Duty at Corpus Christi, Texas
1852 – 1857: Assistant Infantry Tactics Instructor at West Point
1857 – 1859: Leave of Absence from the Army in Europe
1859 – 1860: Garrison Duty at Fort Columbus, New York
1859: Author of Elementary Treatise of Rifles and Rifle Practice
1859: Translator from French to English Austrian Infantry Evolutions
1860 – 1861: Captain United States Army, 7th Infantry Regiment
1860 – 1861: Frontier Duty at Fort Marcy, New Mexico Territory
1861: Frontier Duty at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico Territory
1861: Resigned from United States Army on June 8th
Civil War Career:
1861: Commissioned Captain of Confederate Army Artillery
1861: Colonel of 9th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1861: Served in the Army of the Shenandoah during First Manassas
1861 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862: Served in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign
1862: Played a Prominent role at the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia
1862: Served in the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
1862: Served in the Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia
1862: His Uniform was pierced by six bullets at Battle of Glendale
1862: Held in reserve during the Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia
1862: Sick during the Battle of Antietam and was sent to Martinsburg
1863: Served in the Battle of Salem Church, Virginia
1863: Led a charge on the 2nd Day of Gettysburg
1863: Served in Support during Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg
1863 – 1865: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry
1864: Served in heavy fighting during the Overland Campaign
1865: Helped delay Union Forces at Fort Gregg
1865: Served in the Battle of Sutherland’s Station, Virginia
1865: Served in the heavy fighting during Appomattox Campaign
1865: Paroled at Appomattox Court House Appomattox, Virginia
Occupation before War:
1865 – 1890: Lived in Washington, D.C.
Offered Brigadier General in Egyptian Army, but declined it
Author of: History of the Mexican War
1888 – 1889: United States Chief of Railroad Division
Died: December 2, 1890
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Age at time of Death: 66 years old
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Burial Place: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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