 | James Fitz James Caldwell - South Carolina - 1866 - 278 pages
...excellent capacity he exhibited in drill, discipline, and the general conduct of affairs. Returning at the close of the war, he resumed the practice of law, which he pursued, with marked success, until the winter of 1860. At that time, ho was elected a delegate... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Northwest, Old - 1875 - 958 pages
...Revolutionarywar, was very highly regarded by Washington, and attained the rank of brigadier general. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law at East Greenwich, and attained great celebrity for his remarkable oratorical powers. In the year 1786... | |
 | Nehemiah Cleaveland - Universities and colleges - 1882 - 1172 pages
...secretary of state, Louisiana, and mayor of New Orleans 1862-64 ; was subsequently on Gen. Butler's staff. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law, and was a member of the Legislature 1865-6. He died December, 1873, leaving a wife and two children.... | |
 | Nehemiah Cleaveland - Universities and colleges - 1882 - 1164 pages
...secretary of state, Louisiana, and mayor of New Orleans 1862-64 ; was subsequently on Gen. Butler's staff. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law, and was a member of the Legislature 1865-6. He died December, 1873, leaving a wife and two children.... | |
 | Robert Lowry, William H. McCardle - Mississippi - 1891 - 708 pages
...on the staff of Gen. John S. Bowen, during the siege of Vicksburg, and was later chief of artillery. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law and soon took rank with the ablest members of the bar, the firm of which he was senior member receiving... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1891 - 302 pages
...the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, having attained to the rank of Captain. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law at Abbeville; was elected Solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit in 1876, and re elected in 1880;... | |
 | Victor Plarr - Biography - 1895 - 1020 pages
...Brigadier-General with the brevet of Major-General, having been severely wounded in the operations before Atlanta. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law at New Albany, Ind. From 1807 to 1808 he was Financial Agent for Indiana at New York City ; from 1869... | |
 | Frank Moore Colby - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1900 - 1006 pages
...Subsequently he became adjutant-general of the trans-Mississippi department under General Kirby Smith. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law in New Orleans, and later was called to the chair of French, Italian, and Spanish in the University... | |
 | Morgan Dix, Leicester Crosby Lewis - 1901 - 416 pages
...appointed aide-de-camp to General Washington, and presided as judge advocate at the trial of Major Andre". At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law, was elected a delegate to Congress, and first representative from New York City in 1789 to the first... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1906 - 556 pages
...succeeded General Putnam in command of the Connecticut line, and in 1780 was commissioned a majorgeneral. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law, and was appointed by Washington first judge of the Northwestern Territory. He was also employed to... | |
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In 1861 he joined the Confederate army as brigadier-general, commanding a brigade of Mississippi militia. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law. He was shot in a quarrel with the prosecuting attorney while defending a prisoner in the... 
