Arnold Elzey

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General Elzey

Arnold Elzey (* 18th December 1816 in Elmwood , Maryland ; † 21st February 1871 in Baltimore , Maryland) was an officer of the US Army and Major General of the Confederate in the Civil War .

Life

Elzey was born in Elmwood, Maryland in 1816 and was descended from one of Maryland's oldest and most respected families ( Jones ). He removed the family name Jones from his name when he entered the military academy in West Point , New York , which he graduated in 1837 as the 33rd of his class. He then served as a lieutenant in the 2nd US Artillery Regiment. Elzey was used in the Second Seminole War in Florida and 1846–1848 in the Mexican-American War , where he received several awards and was promoted to captain . Elzey later became the commandant of a US Army supply depot in Augusta , Georgia . After the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12th and its fall on April 13th, 1861, which triggered the declaration of war by the northern states on the southern states , he handed the depot over to the Confederate army , led the soldiers under him to Washington, DC , acknowledged there the service and changed to the Confederate Army.

In June 1861 Elzey was promoted to colonel and appointed commander of the 1st Maryland Infantry Regiment. Under General Edmund Kirby Smith , he fought with his regiment in the first battle of Manassas . After Kirby's failure, he led the brigade during a successful attack. While still on the battlefield, President Davis promoted him to brigadier general . During the Shenandoah campaign in 1862, Elzey led a brigade in Major General Ewell's division . He was wounded in the Battle of Cross Keys . With the Northern Virginia Army he took part in the Seven Day Battle , during which he was wounded again by a shot in the head at the Battle of Gaines Mill . Upon recovery, Elzey was promoted to major general in 1863 and assigned the defense of Richmond , Virginia . In 1864 Elzey was transferred to the Tennessee Army under General John Bell Hood as artillery commander.

After the war, Elzey went back to his family and started a small farm in Anne Arundel County , Maryland, which he ran until his death in 1871.

See also

literature

  • David J. Eicher, The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography , University of Illinois, 1997, ISBN 0-252-02273-4 .
  • Richard N. Current, Encyclopedia of the Confederacy (1993) (4 vol.) ( ISBN 0-13-275991-8 )
  • John H. Eicher & David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands , Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3 .
  • Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders , Louisiana State University Press, 1959, ISBN 0-8071-0823-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Elzey, Arnold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnold Elzey Jones
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Confederate General in the American Civil War
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Elmwood , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1871
Place of death Baltimore , Maryland