William Hugh Young
William Hugh Young | |
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Brigadier General | |
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William Hugh Young (January 1, 1838 – November 28, 1901) was a
Early life
William H. Young was born January 1, 1838, at
Young attended Washington College in Tennessee, McKenzie College in Texas and, between 1859 and 1861, at the University of Virginia, where he studied tactics in the military academy after his graduation in June 1861.[1][3][6][7]
Young married Frances M. Kemper of
American Civil War service
On July 25, 1861, Young became aide-de-camp to Governor of Texas Edward Clark.[1][10] Clark was lieutenant governor and became governor when Governor Sam Houston refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy and was deposed. Clark served as governor between March 18, 1861 and November 7, 1861.[11] In September 1861, Young became a captain in the 9th Texas Infantry Regiment.[1][2][6][7]
As part of the
Young was wounded in the right thigh at the
On July 27, 1864, Young took command of his regiment's brigade in Major General
Young was promoted to brigadier general (temporary) on August 15, 1864, to succeed the disabled Brigadier General Ector.[1][2] He was wounded, lost his left foot, had his horse shot from under him and was captured at the Battle of Allatoona, Georgia on October 5, 1864.[1][2][3][6][7][12] He spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of war, four months at Union hospitals and five months at the prisoner of war camp at Johnson's Island, in Lake Erie near Sandusky, Ohio.[1][2][3][6] Young finally was paroled on July 24, 1865.[1][2][7]
Aftermath
After the Civil War, William H. Young returned to Texas.[1] He was a lawyer, real estate agent and editor of the San Antonio Express.[1][2][6][7]
William Hugh Young died on November 28, 1901, at San Antonio, Texas.[1][2][6] He is buried at the Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio.[1][2]
See also
Notes
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 586.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9. pp. 348–349.
- ^ OCLC 833588. Retrieved January 20, 2011. pp. 266–267.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8071-3148-0. pp. 257–258.
- ^ United States War Department. The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-06-273116-6. pp. 848–849.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8160-1055-4. pp. 737–738.
- ^ OCLC 9510197. Retrieved February 7, 2012. p. 55.
- OCLC 1311206. Retrieved February 7, 2012, and several medical texts.
- ^ Warner, 1959, p. 349 and Longacre, 1986, p. 348 say Young returned to Texas in September 1861 and recruited a company for the 9th Texas Infantry Regiment, implying he would not have been in Texas in July.
- ^ Wooster, Ralph A. "CLARK, EDWARD," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcl04), accessed February 07, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8129-1726-0. First published 1959 by McKay. pp. 953–954.
References
- Allardice, Bruce S. More Generals in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. ISBN 978-0-8071-3148-0.
- ISBN 978-0-8129-1726-0. First published 1959 by McKay.
- Early, Ruth Hairston. The family of Early: which settled upon the eastern shore of Virginia. Lynchburg, Virginia: Brown-Morrison Press, 1920. OCLC 9510197. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
- OCLC 833588. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
- Longacre, Edward G. "Young, William Hugh" in Historical Times Illustrated History of the Civil War, edited by Patricia L. Faust. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. ISBN 978-0-06-273116-6.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 978-0-8160-1055-4.
- ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9.
- Wooster, Ralph A. "CLARK, EDWARD," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed February 7, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.