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Nicholas Bayard Clinch
Major Nicholas Bayard Clinch (1832 – March 16, 1888) was an American military officer. He was commander in the army of Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, as well as a planter and inventor. Early life Clinch was born in Louisiana, in 1832, the seventh of eight children. His father was Brevet General Duncan Lamont Clinch, a veteran of the War of 1812, Indian fighter, planter and public servant. His mother was Eliza Bayard McIntosh of Camden County, Georgia, Clinch's second wife. His older brother was Duncan L. Clinch Jr., colonel of 4th Georgia Volunteer Cavalry, Provisional Army of the Confederate States. His sister, Eliza Bayard Clinch was the wife of General Robert Anderson (Union officer), Robert Anderson, the Union commander who defended Fort Sumter in April 1861. He graduated from South Carolina College, now University of South Carolina, in 1849, the same year his father died. Military career Clinch mustered into the Confederate army as a private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederate States Of America
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or Dixieland, was an List of historical unrecognized states and dependencies, unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to 1865. It comprised eleven U.S. states that declared Secession in the United States, secession: South Carolina in the American Civil War, South Carolina, Mississippi in the American Civil War, Mississippi, Florida in the American Civil War, Florida, Alabama in the American Civil War, Alabama, Georgia in the American Civil War, Georgia, Louisiana in the American Civil War, Louisiana, Texas in the American Civil War, Texas, Virginia in the American Civil War, Virginia, Arkansas in the American Civil War, Arkansas, Tennessee in the American Civil War, Tennessee, and North Carolina in the American Civil War, North Carolina. These states fought against the United States during the American Civil War. With Abraham Lincoln's 1860 Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |