George Baird Hodge
George Baird Hodge | |
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Brigadier General (CSA) | |
Unit | Orphan Brigade |
Commands held | Hodge's Cavalry Brigade |
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George Baird Hodge (April 8, 1828 – August 1, 1892) was an attorney,
Early life
Hodge was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, to William and Sarah (Baird) Hodge.[1] He received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and graduated as a midshipman, December 16, 1845. Hodge was later promoted to acting lieutenant, but eventually resigned his commission January 28, 1850. Hodge married Keturah Moss Tibbatts, daughter of Colonel John Wooleston Tibbatts. They had seven children: S. Catherine Taylor (c.1853-1886), Anna Taylor (1854–1923), Jane "Nan"/"Nannie" (1855–1856), Mary (1856–1869), William Baird (1857–1873), Georgena Baird (1859–1927), and John T. (1864–1934).
Politics
Hodge unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1852. He was later admitted to the bar in Newport, Kentucky, where he practiced law for several years. In 1859, Hodge was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives as a Democrat. The following year he served as an elector for the Breckinridge ticket.
Civil War
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Hodge enlisted in the
Hodge represented Kentucky in the House of Representatives of the
Later life
After the Civil War, Hodge returned to his law practice in Newport. He remained active in politics and served as an elector for the Greeley ticket in 1872. Hodge was elected to the Kentucky Senate and served 1873 to 1877. He also became an orange grower and spent the last years of his life in Florida.
He died August 1, 1892, in Longwood, Florida,[2] and was interred in Seminole, Florida. His remains were moved to Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Kentucky, in 1903.
Publication
- Sketch of the First Kentucky Brigade (Frankfort, KY: Printed at the Kentucky Yeoman Office, Major & Johnston), 1874.
See also
- List of American Civil War generals (Acting Confederate)
- Kentucky in the Civil War
Notes
- ^ By 1850, the family had moved to Mason County, Kentucky.
- ^ Some sources state Orange County, Florida
References
- Allardice, Bruce S. Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8262-1809-4.
- Allardice, Bruce S. More Generals in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. ISBN 978-0-8071-3148-0.
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
- ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9.