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Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart

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Born: October 2, 1821

Rogersville, Tennessee

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Died: August 20, 1908

Biloxi, Mississippi

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1842: West Point Graduate

 

1842: 2nd Lieutenant

 

May 31, 1845: Resigned commission

 

May 17, 1861: Accepted Commission (CSA)

 

November 8, 1861: Brigadier General

 

June 2, 1863: Major General

 

June 23, 1864: Appointed temporary Lieutenant General

Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart

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June 24, 1863: Battle of Hoover's Gap

September 19-20-1863: Battle of Chickamauga - Wounded in fighting on the 19th

November 25, 1863: Battle of Missionary Ridge

May 7-13, 1863: Battle of Rocky Face Ridge

May 13-15, 1863: Battle of Resaca

May 25-26, 1863: Battle of New Hope Church

June 27, 1864: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

June 23, 1864: Appointed temporary Lieutenant General

June 20, 1864: Battle of Peachtree Creek

July 28, 1864: Battle of Ezra Church

November 30, 1864: 2nd Battle of Franklin

December 15-16, 1864: Battle of Nashville

March 16, 1865: Battle of Aversboro

March 19, 1865: Battle of Bentonville

April 26, 1865: Army surrendered

May 1, 1865: Paroled

1890-1908: Commissioner of the Chickamuaga and Chattanooga National Military Park

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1842: West Point Graduate 12th out of 56

1842: Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Artillery Regiment

May 31, 1845: Resigned his commission and become a professor of mathematics and experimental philosophy

Politically was an anti-secessionist Whig

May 17, 1861: Accepted commission as Major in the artillery of the Tennessee Militia

August 15, 1861: Entered the Confederacy as a Major of Artillery

November 8, 1861: Promoted to Brigadier General

March 10, 1862: Battle of New Madrid

April 6-7, 1862: Battle of Shiloh

April 29 - June 10, 1862: Siege of Corinth

October 8, 1862: Battle of Perryville

December 30, 1862 - January 3, 1863: Battle of Stones River

June 2, 1863: Promoted to Major General

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Alexander P. Stewart. 18 September 2021. web. 9 November 2022.

Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 798-799

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 293-294

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