Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Educated at Transylvania University, he was an attorney by profession. He entered the Confederate army in 1862 serving in General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry and rising to the rank of Lieutenant in the 14th Kentucky (CSA) Cavalry. Captured at Buffington Island, Ohio during Morgan's Ohio raid he was released just prior to the collapse of the Confederate government. Finding himself in Abbeville, South Carolina with two companions at the same time Mrs. Jefferson Davis and her children were there on their way south. Learning that Mrs. Davis was seeking assistance they offered their help and served as her escort, remaining with her when she linked up with Jefferson Davis's party and was captured with the Davis's at Irwinville, Georgia on May 10, 1865. Imprisoned, he eventually returned to Kentucky and practiced law. His recollections of ante-bellum and Civil War days are in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina.
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Educated at Transylvania University, he was an attorney by profession. He entered the Confederate army in 1862 serving in General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry and rising to the rank of Lieutenant in the 14th Kentucky (CSA) Cavalry. Captured at Buffington Island, Ohio during Morgan's Ohio raid he was released just prior to the collapse of the Confederate government. Finding himself in Abbeville, South Carolina with two companions at the same time Mrs. Jefferson Davis and her children were there on their way south. Learning that Mrs. Davis was seeking assistance they offered their help and served as her escort, remaining with her when she linked up with Jefferson Davis's party and was captured with the Davis's at Irwinville, Georgia on May 10, 1865. Imprisoned, he eventually returned to Kentucky and practiced law. His recollections of ante-bellum and Civil War days are in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina.
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