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Assignments
and Commands |
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| 1861 |
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April 16, 1861 - Appointed Major of Infantry, ordered
to Savannah, Georgia for duty with Brigadier General Alexander
Robert Lawton |
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April
18, 1861 - Major, reported to Lawton as an assistant quartermaster
and commissary, Savannah, Georgia |
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April
26, 1861 - Major, relinguished staff duties and assumed
command of Thunderbolt Point |
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June
17, 1861 - Appointed Colonel to report to 10th Georgia |
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June
24, 1861 - Accepted Colonel, SO No. 79 reported to Brigadier
General John Bankhead Magruder at Yorktown, Virginia to
assume command of the 10th Georgia Infantry |
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September
25, 1861 - Brigadier General commanding 1st Brigade of
the Army of the Penninsula |
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| 1862 |
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May
23, 1862 - Major General commanding division under Magruder,
Army of Northern Virginia |
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September
4 - 22, 1862 - Major General commanding his own division
and that of Major General Robert H. Anderson in attack
on Harpers Ferry and his own division at Antietam, Army
of Northern Virginia |
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September
23,1862 - December 16, 1863, Major General commanding
his own division, Army of Northern Virginia |
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| 1863 |
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December
17, 1863 - Lieutenant General James Longstreet relieves
McLaws of division command, McLaws demands court-martial |
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| 1864 |
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January
21, 1864 - SO No. 21 directs seven-member court-martial
board to assemble in Russellville, Tennessee on February
3, 1864. |
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February
13, 1864 - Court-martial convenes, then adjourns |
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February
15, 1864 - Court-martial convenes, then adjourns |
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March
13 - 17, 1864 - Court-martial convenes, deliberates, and
makes report |
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May
7, 1864 - SO No. 107 directs McLaws to rejoin division
as commander, Army of Northern Virginia |
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May
18, 1864 - SO No. 115, issued on instructions from Jefferson
Davis, directed McLaws to report to Major General Samuel
Jones in Charleston, South Carolina to command the defenses
of Savannah, Georgia |
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September
1864, Lieutenant General William J. Hardee assumed command
of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida |
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December
20, 1864, McLaws helped oversee the evacuation of Savannah,
Georgia |
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| 1865 |
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April
10, 1865 - General Joseph E. Johnston assigns McLaws to
command of the Military District of Georgia that is not
included in the Department of Tennessee and Georgia |
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May
11, 1865 - published Johnston's surrender as last official
act |
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