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 CHRONOLOGY

Born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, January 8, 182 1.

Graduated at West Point, 1842.

Second Lieutenant, July i, 1842.

Served in Texas during 1845-46.

Served in Mexican War, 1846-47.

First Lieutenant, February 23, 1847.

Married Maria Louise Garland, March 8, 1848.

Served in West till 1861.

Captain, December 7, 1852.

Major, July 19, 1858.

Major-General in Confederate Army, 1861.

Served with Army of Northern Virginia till April, 1863.

Independent command south of James River, April, May, 1863.

With x^rmy of Northern Virginia till autumn of 1863.

Served in Tennessee till January, 1864.

With Army of Northern Virginia till close of war.

After war became a Republican.

Minister to Turkey, 1880.

Married Helen Dortch, September 8, 1897.

Died, January 2, 1904.

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