• Born in the Edfield District of South Carolina on January 8th 1821
• Graduated from West Point
• Fought in the Mexican War and was promoted to Major for his Gallantry
• Resigned his US Army commission at the beginning of the Civil War
• Commissioned into the Confederate Army as a Brig General
• Commanded a Brigade at the first Battle of Bull Run
• Promoted to Major General in 1862
• Aided a successful withdrawal of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Peninsular Campaign in mid 1862
• Was pivitol in the victory of the Second Battle of Bull Run, due to his tactics
• Received a promotion to Lt. General for his skills in the battles at Antietam and Fredricksburg
• Was transferred to the Army of Tennessee after the Battle at Gettysburg (supposedly due to his failure to take the offensive when he was supposed to)
• He saved the Confederacy from total defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863
• Was wounded badly in May of 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness
• Was with Robert E. Lee at the surrender at Appomattox
• Served as the Minister to Turkey from 1880 to 1881
• Joined the Republican Party after the War, which earned him bad standing amoung fellow Southerners
• Was the Federal Commissioner of Pacific railroads in Gainsville Georgia from 1897 until his death on January 2 1904

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