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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