James Shelton Dickinson

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James Shelton Dickinson (born January 18, 1818 in Spotsylvania County , Virginia , † July 23, 1882 in Grove Hill , Alabama ) was an American lawyer and politician . He belonged to the Democratic Party . He also served as an officer in the Confederate Army .

Career

James Shelton Dickinson, son of Martha Crawford and Richard Dickinson, was born in Spotsylvania County about three years after the end of the British-American War . The family then moved to Alabama in 1821 and settled in Clarke County . There he attended school in Grove Hill before returning to Virginia. In the following years he went to the law school of the University of Virginia , where he Jura studied. After graduating in 1844, he returned to Grove Hill. He opened his own law firm there. His student days were overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the following years by the Mexican-American War . In 1853 he was elected to the Alabama Senate, where he served one term. After the outbreak of the civil war , he raised and equipped an infantry company at his own expense . At some point he held the rank of colonel . In 1863 he was elected to the ninth constituency of Alabama in the second Confederate Congress, where he took up his post on February 18, 1864 and held this post until the end of the Confederation in 1865. After the end of the war, he returned to Grove Hill, where he resumed his practice as a lawyer. He died there in 1882.

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  1. ↑ Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller: The Private Mary Chesnut: The Unpublished Civil War Diaries , Oxford University Press, 1984, ISBN 9780195035131 , p. 123
  2. ↑ Second Confederate Congress - James Shelton Dickinson ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.csawardept.com
  3. ↑ Alabama Pioneers - Biography: Captain William Armistead Revolutionary War Soldier
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SURNAME Dickinson, James Shelton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Spotsylvania County , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1882
Place of death Grove Hill , Alabama