James Dearing
James Griffin Dearing (* 25. April 1840 in Otterburne , Virginia ; † 23. April 1865 in Lynchburg , Virginia) was a brigadier general of the Confederate in the Civil War .
Life
Dearing was born in Virginia in 1840 and was the great-grandson of Charles Lynch , a Colonel in the Revolutionary War (1775–1783), to whom the term Lynch Law is ascribed. Dearing went to the Academy in Hanover, Virginia and then to the Military Academy at West Point , which he dropped out in 1861 to join the Confederate Army. Within a short time he was promoted to captain of an artillery battalion , to major of a cavalry regiment from North Carolina and, after the Battle of Plymouth, to brigadier general.
He had his last fight on April 5, 1865, a few days before the end of the war, apart from the Appomattox campaign , when he fought a revolver duel with General Theodore Read, as a result of which he died on April 23.
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 0132759918 )
- 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 .
Web links
- James Dearing in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dearing, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dearing, James Griffin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Confederate General in the American Civil War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Otterburne , Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1865 |
| Place of death | Lynchburg , Virginia |