Samuel Jameson Gholson

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samuel Jameson Gholson

Samuel Jameson Gholson (born May 19, 1808 in Madison County , Kentucky , † October 16, 1883 in Aberdeen , Mississippi ) was an American lawyer, judge, politician and brigadier general of the Confederate States of America in the Civil War .

Life

In 1817 Gholson's family moved to Franklin County , Alabama . He studied law there; after his admission to the bar in 1829, he moved to Athens , Mississippi, opened a law firm and was active in politics. 1835–36 and 1839 he was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives , and from 1836 to 1838 a member of the US House of Representatives . On February 9, 1839, Gholson was appointed by Martin Van Buren , the eighth President of the United States , to be a judge in the federal district court for the northern district of Mississippi. He held this position until January 10, 1861. From 1846 he was also a lieutenant in the Mississippi Militia.

When Mississippi broke away from the Union in 1861 as part of the secession , Gholson joined the army of the southern states as a simple soldier . After several promotions, he became brigadier general in June 1863 and was given command of a cavalry brigade . During his service time he was wounded several times and on December 27, 1864 he lost his right arm in an attack near Egypt (Mississippi).

After the war, Gholson opened a law practice in Aberdeen, was re-elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, and won that election again in 1878. His practice continued uninterrupted until his death in 1883.

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

personal data
SURNAME Gholson, Samuel Jameson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, judge, politician, and Confederate general in the American Civil War
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Madison County , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1883
Place of death Aberdeen , Mississippi