Gil R.
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I had a bit of time, so I just did the two Whartons. Please let me know if I got wrong any of the first names that I inserted. (In the future, please try to include full names for generals and other officers, since I like to include that information.)
Maj. Gen. John A. Wharton (b. 1828, d. 1865). “Friendly Fire” takes a whole new meaning in the death of Wharton. Differing in “military matters” with Col. George W. Baylor of the Second Texas Cavalry, the officers met in Gen. John B. Magruder’s Houston hotel quarters on April 6, 1865. According to Baylor’s account, Wharton slapped Baylor and called him a liar. Baylor then shot and killed Wharton, who was found to be unarmed. Nearly thirty-seven years earlier, Wharton was born near Nashville, Tenn., on July 3, 1828. Early in his life, he moved with his father to Texas. Educated locally, and later at South Carolina College, Wharton was admitted to the Brazoria, Texas, bar and practiced law locally until the outbreak of the Civil War. Elected to the secession convention, Wharton continued his service to the Confederacy in Col. B.F. Terry’s Texas Rangers (Eighth Texas Cavalry) and was elected captain of one of the unit’s companies. After Terry and Lt. Col. Thomas S. Lubbock were killed in action Wikipedia’s entry on Lubbock says that he died from disease – are you sure he was KIA?, Wharton distinguished himself while leading the Eighth Texas Cavalry at the Battle of Shiloh and being wounded in action. He was back with his unit for the Kentucky Campaign of 1862. Fighting with cavalry under Gen. Nathan B. Forrest and Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Wharton again was up to the challenge at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga. He was promoted to Major General on Nov. 10, 1863, and assigned to command the cavalry in Gen. Richard Taylor’s department. He led units in the final stages of the Red River Campaign, contributing to the final defeat of Union Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks. He continued his service in the Trans-Mississippi theater until his death.
Leadership: 5
Tactics: 4
Initiative: 4
Command: 4
Cavalry: 5
Teaches: Chargers (13)
Start date: 45
Gabriel C. Wharton (b. 1824, d. 1906). Wharton was born in Culpepper County, Virginia, on July 23, 1824. He graduated second in the Virginia Military Institute class of 1847 and became a civil engineer. He was involved in mining in Arizona before the outbreak of the war, when he joined the 45th Virginia Regiment that July and was elected Major. Wharton was made Colonel of the 51st Virginia Regiment in August, 1861. His first action came with Gen. John B. Floyd’s Western Virginia Campaign. Defending Fort Donaldson, Wharton escaped with Floyd in February, 1862. Sent east, Wharton commanded units under Gen. William W. Loring and Gen. Samuel Jones in the western part of Virginia. He received his promotion to Brigadier General on July 8, 1863, and briefly commanded the Valley District. During the winter and spring of 1863-64, Wharton served with Gen. James Longstreet’s command in East Tennessee. He commanded a brigade at the Battle of New Market and pursued Federal forces under Gen. David Hunter. His brigade fought in Gen. Jubal Early’s Shenandoah Campaign and subsequent attacks into Maryland and Washington, D.C. Wharton’s command was soundly defeated at Waynesboro in March of 1865. Having been paroled at Lynchburg on June 21, 1865, he resided in Radford, Va., for the remainder of his life. Several times elected to the state senate, Wharton spent much of his time developing mining in Virginia. He died on May 12, 1906.
Leadership: 4
Tactics: 4
Initiative: 3
Command: 4
Cavalry: 0
Start date: 60
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