Maj. Gen. William B. Taliaferro

Born: December 28, 1822

"Belleville" Gloucester County, VA

Died: February 27, 1898

Gloucester County, VA

William B. Taliaferro

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23 February 1847: Captain

1848: Mustered Out of Service

1861: Colonel

1862: Brigadier General

1 January 1865: Major General

Gen. William B. Teliaferro

1841: Graduated William and Mary, then studied law at Harvard

23 February 1847: Commissioned Captain of Infantry

Mustered out of service at end of Mexican-American War as Major, 9th Infantry

1850-1853: Represented his county in the House of Delegates

1859: Commanded Virginia Military during John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry

1861: Colonel in CSA

4 March 1862: Promoted to Brigadier General

1862: Participated in Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign

25 May 1862: 1st Battle of Winchester

9 June 1862: Battle of Port Republic

28 August 1862: Battle of Groveton, was wounded

Sent to Charleston

18 July 1863 Defended Fort Wagner and stayed on James Island

1 January 1865: Promoted to Major General

19 March 1865: Battle of Bentonville - Surrendered with Gen. Johnston

2 May 1865: Paroled at Greensboro as a Major General. (There is no record of his promotion and still signed his signature as Brigadier General

1874-1879: Served in state legislature

1891-1897: Judge in Clousester County Court

Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 825-826

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray - Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ., 1992. p 297-298

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