James Holt Clanton
James Holt Clanton (born January 8, 1827 in Columbia County , Georgia , † September 27, 1871 in Knoxville , Tennessee ) was a politician in Alabama and Brigadier General of the Confederate States of America in the Civil War .
Life
Clanton served in the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848. He then resigned from the army and worked, among other things, as a politician in Alabama, where he became a member of the Alabama House of Representatives . When the Civil War broke out, he joined the Confederate Army and was promoted to Brigadier General in the following years .
After the war ended, Clanton settled in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was killed in a shootout on September 27, 1871 by a former Union Army soldier . The city of Clanton , seat of the county seat of Chilton County in Alabama, was named after him.
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 .
- Virginia O. Foscue: Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press, 1989
Web links
- James Holt Clanton in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clanton, James Holt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Alabama politician and Confederate General in the American Civil War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Columbia County , Georgia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1871 |
| Place of death | Knoxville , Tennessee |