General Alexander Lawton, C.S.A.
(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1839. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in 1841. Prior to secession, appointed as a colonel of the 1st Georgia Volunteers, who seized Fort Pulaski in January 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in April 1861. Major campaig...
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