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Alexander Robert Lawton

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Alexander Robert Lawton

Birth
Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA
Death
2 Jul 1896 (aged 77)
Clifton Springs, Ontario County, New York, USA
Burial
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
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Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He led a colorful career, graduating from West Point and Harvard Law School; serving in the Georgia legislature and on railroad boards. He performed distinguished duty in the Confederate quartermaster general's department. After the war he resumed politics, and was appointed US minister to Austria in 1887.
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He led a colorful career, graduating from West Point and Harvard Law School; serving in the Georgia legislature and on railroad boards. He performed distinguished duty in the Confederate quartermaster general's department. After the war he resumed politics, and was appointed US minister to Austria in 1887.

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10048/alexander_robert-lawton: accessed ), memorial page for Alexander Robert Lawton (5 Nov 1818–2 Jul 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10048, citing Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.