Friday, March 13, 2026

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 ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, March 13.

1861: Confederate peace commissioners in Washington are refused a meeting with Secretary of State Seward on orders from Lincoln. The three peace commissioners were Martin J. Crawford of GeorgiaJohn Forsyth of Alabama, and Andre B. Roman of Louisiana. President-elect Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward both refused to receive them, showing their lack of interest in preventing a war. Their excuse was receiving them would have meant recognition of the Confederacy.

1862: General Robert E. Lee is made a staff member of President Davis and is authorized to oversee Confederate armies. General Lee effectively and promptly executed the presidents plans and was bay his side during the Battle of Seven Pines and Fair Oaks May 31-June 1, 1862. Lee was ready to take full command of the army when General Joseph E. Johnston was seriously wounded in that battle.

General Robert Edward Lee
(CDV, M.D. Jones collection)

1863: A Confederate munitions plant in Richmond, Virginia blows up due to the carelessness of a worker. Sixty-nine of the workers, mostly women, were killed or wounded in the explosion.

Confederates at Port Hudson, La. prepare for an attack by the Federal River fleet on the Mississippi River and the Federal Army of the Gulf closing in on the landside.

1864: About 300 Confederates garrisoning Fort DeRussy on Red River in Louisiana prepare for an assault by 10,000 Yankees led by Maj. Gen. A.J. Smith. The Federals were on loan from Sherman's army in Vicksburg and were responsible for many attacks on civilians with scorched earth tactics.

1865: Confederate President Jefferson Davis signed a law authorizing the enlistment of African-Americans into the Confederate Army. General Robert E. Lee supported the law and additionally recommended that enlistees be given their freedom.

CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, March 13.

Brigadier General Louis Hébert (Pronounced A-Bear in Louisiana French) was born on this day in 1820 in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. He graduated third in the Class of 1845 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. He resigned in 1846 due to a family hardship at home, but in 1847 he became active in the Louisiana State Militia. At one point he was appointed the state engineer. Hébert was commissioned colonel of the 3rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment on May 11, 1861. His battles include Oak Hills in 1861, and Elk Horn Tavern, where he was wounded and captured. He was exchanged on May 20, 1862, and appointed brigadier general on May 26, 1862. He fought his brigade at Iuka, and Corinth, all in 1862; Vicksburg where he commanded the Third Louisiana Redan; and Fort Caswell, N.C. where he finished the war. Following the war, he became an editor and publisher of the Iberville South newspaper in St. Martin Parish, La., and was also a teacher. Hébert died on Jan. 7, 1901, and is buried in St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery in Cecilia, Louisiana.

Brig. Gen. Louis Hébert

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, March 12.

1863: The Confederate bastion at Port Hudson, Louisiana is reconnoitered by the 53rd Massachusetts Infantry of the Army of the Gulf. The Massachusetts men drive in Confederate pickets, steal some cattle, and report back to General Banks, who reviewed the rest of his troops that day. Also on that day, two Federal transport ships escorted by the U.S.S. Albatross land troops on the east bank of the Mississippi 5 miles above Baton Rouge.

Albert F. Aucoin, Co. F, 9th Bn. La. Inf.
Elected Jr. 2nd Lt. from 2nd Cpl. Aug.
27, 1862, promoted to 2nd Lt. Sept. 13,
1862. "Killed in Action in the Siege of
Port Hudson." (Port Hudson State Historic Site)

1864: Confederate troops of Scurry's Brigade of Walker's Texas Infantry Division are the first Confederates that have to deal with Maj. Gen. A.J. Smith's 10,000-man detachment from Vicksburg. The Yankees disembarked from the transports at Simmesport, La., and already started looting local farmers and burning dwellings on March 11. Walker's whole division numbered only about 3,800 effective men. It was the infantry division that was all from one state.

CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, March 12.

Brigadier General John Robert Jones was born on this day in 1827 in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and became the principal of a military school in Urbana, Maryland. In 1861, Jones became captain of Company I, 33rd Virginia Infantry, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in August of that year, then colonel, and brigadier general. His battles were First Manassas, Valley Campaign of 1862, Seven Days White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill (and wounded), Sharpsburg, and Chancellorsville. He was captured in Smithburg, Va. July 1863 and spent the rest of the war a P.O.W. Following the war, he became an agricultural merchant, and a probate official in Harrisonburg, Va. Jones died April 1, 1901, in Harrisonburg and was buried in Woodbine Cemetery there.


Brig. Gen. John R. Jones
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Brigadier General William Felix Brantley was born on this day in 1830 in Greene County, Alabama. He practiced law in Mississippi before the war. In 1861, he was a captain in the Mississippi State Militia and was elected captain of Co. D, 15th Miss. Inf. in the Confederate Army May 21, 1861. In 1862 he became a captain in the 29th Mississippi Infantry. Brantley was successively promoted to lieutenant colonel, colonel, and brigadier general on July 26, 1864. His battles included Shiloh (wounded), Murfreesboro (wounded), Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Resaca, Atlanta, Franklin, and the Carolina Campaign at the end of the war. Following the war, he practiced law in Mississippi. Brantley was shot to death as the result of a feud on Nov. 2, 1870, at Winona, Miss. and was buried in a church cemetery in Greensboro, Miss. No one was ever arrested for the crime.

Brig. Gen. William F. Brantley
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Brigadier General William Flank Perry was born on this day in 1823 in Jackson County, Georgia. Prior to the war, he was a teacher and served three terms as the Alabama Superintendent, then president of the East Alabama Female College. During the War for Southern Independence, Perry enlisted as a private in the 44th Ala. Inf. May 6, 1862, and then was appointed major of the regiment on May 16, 1862.  He was promoted to lieutenant colonel, colonel, and then brigadier general. His battles included Sharpsburg, Gettysburg (wounded), Cold Harbor, Second Deep Bottom, and Petersburg, and was paroled at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Following the war, he farmed in Alabama and resumed his teaching career. He moved to Bowling Green, Ky where he taught at Ogden College there. Perry died Dec. 18, 1901, at Bowling Green and was buried in Fairview Cemetery there.

Brig. General William F. Perry
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Brigadier General William Richard Terry was born on this day in 1827 in Bedford County, Virginia. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1850, ranking 15th in his class of 17 cadets. Terry also attended the University of Virginia. Prior to the war he was a merchant, promoted a railroad, owned a steam mill, served as a justice of the peace, and promoted education. During the war, Terry raised a company of the 2nd Va. Cav. and served as its captain. Later he became the colonel of the 24th Va. Inf. and was promoted to brigadier general on May 31, 1864. His battles included First Manassas, Williamsburg, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Dinwiddie Court House. Terry was wounded seven times during the war. Following the war, he was re-elected to the Virginia Senate and served as superintendent of the state penitentiary. Terry was also the commander of the Robert E. Lee UCV Camp of the Confederate Soldier's Home in Richmond, Va. between 1886 and 1893. He died in Chesterfield County, Va. March 28, 1897.
Brig. General William R. Terry
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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, March 11.

1861: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted on this day in Montgomery, Alabama. It is the supreme law of the new Southern Republic. The document is basically a reform of and improvement of the United States Constitution. The Confederate Constitution recognizes each state is sovereign and independent in character and specifically invokes the favor and guidance of "Almighty God."

1862: President Jefferson Davis refuses to accept the reports of generals Gideon Pillow and John Floyd, who abandoned Fort Donelson and left the surrender to General Simon B. Buckner. Both Pillow and Floyd are removed from their commands.

1863: Vicksburg Campaign: After six days of bombardment, Federal forces under Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant fails to take Fort Pemberton on the Yalobusha River near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Confederate Maj. Gen. W.W. Loring is in command of the fort. 

CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, March 11.

Brigadier General William Ruffin Cox was born on this day in 1832 in Halifax County, North Carolina. His family moved to Nashville, Tenn. when he was 4 where he was raised. Cox practiced law in Tennessee until 1857 and moved back to North Carolina where owned a plantation. In 1861 he raised and outfitted the Ellis Artillery Company and became a major in the 2nd N.C. Inf. Reg't. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1862, to colonel in 1862, and to brigadier general in 1864. Cox was distinguished in the battle for his personal valor and survived 11 wounds during the war. His battles included Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Valley Campaign of 1865, Siege of Petersburg, and Appomattox Campaign. Following the war, he resumed practicing the law in Raleigh, was involved in politics, served as a Superior Court Judge and three terms in the U.S. Congress, and later the Secretary of the U.S. Senate, an appointed position. Cox retired to his plantation in Edgecomb County where he died on Dec. 26, 1919, and was buried in Historic Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh.


Brig. Gen. William R. Cox
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Brigadier General Allison Nelson was born on this day in 1822 in Fulton County, Georgia. Prior to the war he served as mayor of Atlanta Georgia and then moved to Meridian, Texas, served in the Mexican-American War, then as a brigadier general in the filibuster expedition of General Narciso Lopez in Cuba in the 1850s. Nelson was elected to the Texas state legislature in 1860. During the War for Southern Independence, Nelson organized the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment as a colonel and was promoted to brigadier general. But he contracted typhus and died October 7, 1862, at Camp Nelson, Arkansas. Nelson was buried in Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Brig. Gen. Allison Nelson
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Brigadier General John Wilkins Whitfield was born on this day in 1818 in Franklin, Tennessee. Before the war, he served as a lieutenant colonel in the Mexican-American War represented the Territory of Kansas in the U.S. Congress from 1854 to 1856, and was involved in controversies related to Kansas. During the War for Southern Independence, he served as a captain in the 27th Texas Cavalry Regiment and was promoted to colonel, then a brigadier general, and led Whitfield's Brigade.  His battles included Elk Horn Tavern, Iuka, where he was severely wounded, and the Vicksburg Campaign. Following the war, he was a rancher and farmer in Lavaca County, Texas, and was a state representative. Whitfield died Oct. 27, 1879, in Hallettsville, Texas, and was buried there in the city cemetery.

Brig. Gen. John W. Whitfield.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, March 10.

1863: Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner, commander at  Port Hudson, La., reports that he has received intelligence that a lieutenant of the U.S.S. Essex, Spencer Kellog Brown, has been arrested for treason. He also reports, "My advance pickets have been driven in."

Lt. Spencer Kellog Brown
(Union spy executed)
(Find A Grave)

1864: Brig. Gen. Alfred Mouton's Louisiana Infantry Brigade arrives in Lecompte, Louisiana as the Federal Army of the Gulf under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks prepares to push up the Red River, and Maj. Gen. A.J. Smith is pushing down from Vicksburg, Mississippi to reinforce Banks for the Red River Campaign.

1865: Battle of Wyse Fork, N.C.: General Braxton Bragg moves his Confederate forces away from Kinston, North Carolina, and plans to link up with General Joseph E. Johnston to try to stop Sherman's bummers from advancing further into North Carolina after ravaging South Carolina.

CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, March 10.

Major General Thomas James Churchill was born on this day in 1824 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He gained military experience in the Mexican American War as a first lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Cavalry. Churchill was made a P.O.W. by the Mexicans until near the close of the war. After the war, he moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, and married the daughter of a U.S. Senator. He was appointed a postmaster by President James Buchanan in 1858 and served in that capacity until 1861 when became the colonel of the 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles. Churchill was promoted to brigadier general in 1862 and later to major general. His battles included the battles of Wilson Creek, Elk Horn Tavern, Richmond, Ky., Arkansas Post, where he was captured, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry. After the war, he served as Treasurer of Arkansas, Governor of Arkansas, and died May 14, 1905, in Little Rock and was buried there in Mount Holly Cemetery.

Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Churchill
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Brigadier General Robert Lowry was born on this day in 1829 in Chesterfield District, South Carolina. Lowry was raised in Mississippi and was a prewar lawyer and member of the state legislature. With the coming of war in 1861, Lowry was elected the major of the 6th Mississippi Infantry. He then became colonel of the regiment, and given a brigade command while still a colonel. He was finally promoted to brigadier general in February 1865. Lowry's battles included Shiloh, Corinth, Port Gibson, Magnolia Church, the Atlanta campaign, Franklin, and Nashville. He finished the war in North Carolina. Following the war, Lowry resumed his law career and was active in Mississippi state politics. He died January 19, 1910, and was buried in the cemetery in Brandon, Mississippi.

Brig. Gen. Robert Lowry
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Monday, March 9, 2026

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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, March 9.

1862: The Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia enters its second day. The Confederate ironclad C.S.S. Virginia and the Federal ironclad U.S.S. Monitor fought a titanic battle for about two hours but neither could score a knockout blow. In the two-day battle, the Confederates succeeded in destroying two major Federal warships, and two disabled by running aground. The Federals lost 261 men killed, and 108 wounded. The Confederate suffered seven killed and one wounded. Both ironclads had some minor damages. Both sides claimed victory but the scorecard of casualties indicates a clear Confederate win overall.

Commanded the CSS Virginia vs. the USS Monitor

1863: Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner continues to receive reinforcements totaling about 16,000 at Port Hudsonthe Confederate bastion on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River, about 200 miles downstream. Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks' Federal Army of about 12,000 men, and Admiral David G. Farragut's Federal powerful fleet, continue to close in on the Confederate bastion.

1865: The Battle of Wyse Fork, North Carolina continues with skirmishing. This was one of the battles of the Carolinas Campaign. Maj. Gen. John M. Scofield and Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox were the Federate commanders and Gen. Braxton Bragg the Confederate commander. The Federals had  12,000 men and the Confederates had 8,500. 

Gen. Braxton Bragg

CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, March 9.

Brigadier General Felix Huston Robertson was born on this day in 1839 in Washington, Texas. He was the son of another Confederate General, Brigadier General Jerome Robertson, and the only native-born Texan to become a general. He attended Baylor University in Texas and then went to West Point in 1857 but left to join the Confederacy in 1861 as a second lieutenant in the artillery. He was promoted to captain in 1862 and to major later in 1862. In 1863 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and then to brigadier general in 1864in the cavalry. His battles included Fort Sumter, Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, the Atlanta Campaign, Saltville, and Buck Head Creek.  Following the war, he became a lawyer in Texas, speculated in real estate, invested in railroads, and was active in the United Confederate Veterans. When he died on April 20, 1928, he was the last surviving Confederate general. 

Brig. Gen. Felix H. Robertson

Sunday, March 8, 2026

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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, March 8. 

1862: On the second day of the Battle of Elk Horn Tavern (Pea Ridge), General Van Dorn's Confederates were running low on artillery ammunition and suffered a massive Federal bombardment, which caused him to order a retreat back to the Arkansas River. Two Confederate generals were killed, Benjamin McCulloch (on March 7) and James M. McIntosh (on March 7), and Gen. Sterling Price was wounded. Col. Louis Hebert of the 3rd Louisiana Infantry was captured. Total Confederate casualties were about 2,000. Federal losses were 203 killed, 980 wounded, and 201 missing.

Brig. Gen. James McQ. McIntosh
Killed in action on March 7, 1862 at
Elk Horn Tavern, Ark.

On the first day of the Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia, the ironclad C.S.S. Virginia (formerly the U.S.S. Merrimac), destroys the U.S.S. Congress and U.S.S. Cumberland and runs the U.S.S. Minnesota aground. Virginia is commanded by Captain Franklin Buchanan, who is wounded on the first day, when the second in command, Lt. Catesby ap Roger Jones, takes command. 

Battle of Hampton Road, Va.
Click on the image to enlarge it.

Shiloh Campaign: Also on March 8, Federal troops landed in force at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee from the transports of the Golden State and the John Adams backed up by a gunboat. Major Charles Baskerville of the 2nd Mississippi Cavalry reports the landing to Col. Alfred Mouton of the 18th Louisiana Infantry and that the Federals appear to be making a massive build-up there.

1863: Captain James Singleton Mosby and his Confederate partisan rangers capture Federal Brig. Gen. E.H. Stoughton and some of his men at Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia. 

1865: At the Battle of Wyse Fork, near Kinston, North Carolina, General Braxton Bragg's Confederate forces attacked a Federal force under Brig. Gen. Jacob Cox in an attempt to prevent Cox from joining up with Sherman's 60,000 Yankees, which is just crossing the border into North Carolina. The Confederates are repulsed.

CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, March 8.

Major General Matthew Calbraith Butler was born on this day in 1836 in Greenville, South Carolina. He was a prewar lawyer and politician. Butler started out the War for Southern Independence as a captain in Hampton's Legion and was promoted to major on July 21, 1861. He was then elected colonel of the 2nd South Carolina Cavalry on Aug. 22, 1862. He was promoted to brigadier general in Feb. 1864, and to major general before the end of the war. Among his battles were Brandy Station, where he lost a foot when hit by a bullet, and the Battle of Bentonville, N.C. where he was wounded for the second time. Following the war, he became a politician in South Carolina and served three terms as a U.S. Senator from South Carolina. During the Spanish-American War, Butler served in the U.S. Army as a major general and supervised the evacuation of Spanish forces from Cuba. He died April 14, 1909, in Washington, D.C., and was buried in Willow Brook Cemetery in Edgefield, S.C.

Maj. Gen. Matthew C. Butler
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Brigadier General James McQueen McIntosh was born circa 1828 at Fort Brooke, Fla., modern-day Tampa. His exact date of birth is unknown, however, his brother, John B. McIntosh, was born on June 6, 1829, at Fort Brooke and became a Federal major general during the War for Southern Independence. The two had a remarkable resemblance. Their father, Colonel James S. McIntosh, was stationed at Fort Brooke and was later killed in action in 1847 in the Mexican-American War at the Battle of Molina Del Rey. The younger James entered West Point in 1845 and graduated 43rd, dead last, in his Class of 1849. McIntosh's record shows he dropped his middle name after graduation. He was made a brevet 2nd Lt. in the 8th U.S. Inf. and served on the frontier. He was promoted to 2nd Lt. on May 15, 1851, and then to 1st Lt. in the 1st U.S. Cavalry on March 3, 1855. McIntosh was then elevated to captain on Jan. 16, 1857. He was stationed at Fort Smith, Ark. in 1861 and when Arkansas seceded on May  6, he officially resigned from the U.S. Army on May 7, 1861. However, Confederate records show him serving as a captain in the C.S. Army from March 16, 1861, but he was soon made colonel of the 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles and served with distinction at the Battle of Oak Hill (aka Wilson's Creek), Mo. on Aug. 10, 1861. He was given a brigade and led it to victory at the Battle of Chustenahla, Indian Territory on December 26, 1861. Promoted to brigadier general on Jan. 17, 1862, he led his brigade at the Battle Elk Horn Tavern, Ark. During the battle, he was given command of a division after the death of Brigadier General Ben McCulloch. But, 15 minutes later, McIntosh was killed instantly when shot through the heart on March 7, 1861. General McIntosh is buried at Fort Smith National Cemetery in Arkansas.
Brig. Gen. James McIntosh


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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, March 7.

1862: The Battle of Elk Horn Tavern (Pea Ridge), Arkansas begins. The Federals are under the command of Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis with 10,500 troops. The Confederates are commanded by Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn with an army of 16,500 men. Curtis was staging an invasion after driving out Maj. Gen. Sterling Price and the Missouri State Guard from Missouri. Van Dorn was ordered to stop the invasion. The first day of the battle is a stalemate.

Sgt. William H. Tunnard, 
3rd Louisiana Infantry, which
was among the Confederate 
regiments at the Battle of Elk Horn Tavern.
(The Hill Collections: Holdings of the LSU  Libraries)

1865: Carolinas Campaign: Confederates in North Carolina assemble reinforcements in hopes of stopping Sherman's juggernaut force from approaching the state. The Northerners have committed numerous war crimes against civilians throughout South Carolina. General Joseph E. Johnston is in command of the Army of Tennessee and other elements being assembled.

CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, March 7.

Maj. Gen. Henry DeLamar Clayton was born on this day in 1827 in Pulaski, Georgia. Prior to the war he was a lawyer and politician in Clayton, Alabama, and was elected to the state House of Representatives and served from 1857 to 1861. Clayton also got active in the state militia in 1860 organizing the 3rd Alabama Volunteers. When Alabama seceded in January 1861, he led his men to Pensacola, Florida, and was formally mustered into the Confederate Army in March as colonel of the 1st Alabama Infantry. His regiment was in the Battle in the Bay for Fort Barrancas. He resigned in January 1862 but soon organized another regiment, the 39th Alabama Infantry, and took part in Bragg's Kentucky Campaign of 1862. With the Army of Tennessee, he fought at the battles of Murfreesboro where he was wounded and promoted to brigadier general in April 1863. Clayton's other battles included Chickamauga, Chattanooga, New Hope Church, Franklin, Nashville, and at the end of the war the Carolina Campaign. He resigned in April 1865 and returned home. In the postwar years, he resumed his career in the law, served as a judge, and was president of the University of Alabama until his death on Oct. 3, 1889, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was buried in City Cemetery in Eufaula, Alabama.

Maj. Gen. Henry D. Clayton
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Brig. Gen. John Bratton was born on this day in 1831 in Winnsboro, South Carolina. Prior to the war, he was a physician and planter. Bratton joined the Confederate Army as a private in 1861 in Co. C, 6th South Carolina Infantry. After only a month he was promoted to captain and on March 1, 1862, became colonel of the regiment. He was promoted to brigadier general on May 6, 1864. Bratton's battles included Seven Pines, where he was wounded and captured, Fredericksburg, Suffolk, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Petersburg, and Appomattox. After the war, Bratton was a cotton farmer and raised livestock. He was also active in Democratic Party politics and was elected state comptroller general of South Carolina and served in the State Legislature. Bratton died on Jan. 12, 1898, in Winnsboro, S.C., and was buried at St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery.

Brig. Gen. John Bratton