Note p. 427 n. 3 — INDEX.
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[250] Born in Kentucky, 1831; died, 1879. Graduated at West Point, 1853; entered the Confederate service and soon commanded a Texas brigade; was promoted for gallantry at Gaines’s Mill; fought bravely in other important battles; reënforced Bragg at Chickamauga; commanded a corps under Johnston, whom he superseded; was three times defeated by Sherman, and then, turning upon Thomas, was defeated at Franklin and routed at Nashville.