Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd

Born: June 1, 1806

Blacksburg, Virginia

Died: August 26, 1863

Abingdon, Virginia

Floyd, John B.

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(Military Career by Rank)

1847-1849 & 1853: Virginia House of Delegates

1849-1852: Governor of Virginia

March 1857 - December 1860 - Secretary of War

Late 1859: Ordered heavy ordnance to be shipped to Federal forts in the Southern States.

December 29, 1860: Resigned as Secretary of War when President Buchanan refused to order Major Anderson to leave Fort Sumter

May 23, 1861: Appointed Brigadier General in CSA

January 1862: Dispatched to Western Theater to report to General AS Johnston

February 13, 1862: Assumes Command of Fort Donelson

February 16, 1862: Flees Fort Donelson concerned he would be arrested for actions while Secretary of War

March 11, 1862: Relieved from command by President Jefferson Davis

Resumes his commission as Major General of Virginia Militia, but health soon fails and dies a year later.

Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 286

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 89-90