James Conner (general)

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James Conner
Brigadier general (CSA)
UnitNorth Carolina 22nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Other workLawyer,
Attorney General
of South Carolina
James Conner (top left) with Robert E. Lee and other Union and Confederate officers, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, 1869

James Conner (September 1, 1829 – June 26, 1883), was a

Attorney General of South Carolina
in 1876.

Early life

James Conner was born on September 1, 1829, in

ordinance of secession
.

American Civil War

James Conner participated in the bombardment of

Battle of Gaines Mill. After a two-month recovery period, he returned to lead his regiment at the Battle of Chancellorsville and the Battle of Gettysburg
.

He resigned his command on August 13, 1863, and became a member of the military court of the 2nd Corps,

command on February 25, 1865. There is no record of his parole.

Aftermath

After the Civil War, James Conner returned to his law practice in Charleston. A member and Past Master of Landmark Lodge No. 76, A.F.M., he served as Grand Master of Masons in South Carolina from 1868 to 1870. In 1876, he was elected attorney general of South Carolina. In that office, he was able to obtain judicial confirmation of the

of the state.

James Conner died in Richmond, Virginia, on June 26, 1883. He is buried in Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina).[2][3][4][5] The Letters of General James Conner, C.S.A. was published posthumously in 1933.

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