General James Slaughter, C.S.A.
(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Mexican War veteran. Commissioned as a captain in April 1861 in the Confederate Artillery. After promoting through the grades, Slaughter was promoted to brigadier general in March 1862. Major campaigns and battles include the siege of Fort Pickens, S...
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(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Mexican War veteran. Commissioned as a captain in April 1861 in the Confederate Artillery. After promoting through the grades, Slaughter was promoted to brigadier general in March 1862. Major campaigns and battles include the siege of Fort Pickens, Shiloh, the Kentucky campaign. He fought in the last skirmish of the war near Brownsville, Texas, a month after Appomattox. Following a brief stay in Mexico, Slaughter worked as a civil engineer and postmaster in Mobile, Alabama. He died in Mexico City in January 1901 and is buried there. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 5. National Historical Society, 1991. |
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Q0000000135Q135General James Slaughter, C.S.A.(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Mexican War veteran. Commissioned as a captain in April 1861 in the Confederate Artillery. After promoting through the grades, Slaughter was promoted to brigadier general in March 1862. Major campaigns and battles include the siege of Fort Pickens, Shiloh, the Kentucky campaign. He fought in the last skirmish of the war near Brownsville, Texas, a month after Appomattox. Following a brief stay in Mexico, Slaughter worked as a civil engineer and postmaster in Mobile, Alabama. He died in Mexico City in January 1901 and is buried there. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 5. National Historical Society, 1991.1860-1869Slaughter, James Edwin, 1827-1901; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Virginia; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Still imagePhotographs; Studio portraits; Cartes-de-visiteYoung, Dr. Richard C.Dr. Richard C. Young Confederate officers photograph albumLPP4 #097v5914Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFLPP00184http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6406 |
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