Which famous people have you outlived?

William Barksdale

Confederate Army general

Died when: 41 years 316 days (502 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

William Barksdale

William Barksdale (August 21, 1821 – July 3, 1863) was a lawyer, newspaper editor, US Representative, and Confederate general in the American Civil War.A staunch secessionist, he was mortally wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg while he led his brigade's attack on Union forces not far from Cemetery Ridge.


Related People

Benjamin Hardin Helm
Confederate Army general
Daniel Smith Donelson
Confederate Army general
John S. Bowen
Confederate Army general
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License