William MacRae

William MacRae
Born	(1834-09-09)September 9, 1834 Wilmington, North Carolina
Died	February 11, 1882(1882-02-11) (aged 47) Augusta, Georgia
Buried	Oakdale Cemetery Wilmington, North Carolina
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Service/branch	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1861-1865
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands held	Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade
Battles/wars	American Civil War Peninsula Campaign Second Manassas Maryland Campaign Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Bristoe Station Overland Campaign Siege of Petersburg Appomattox Campaign
Other work	Railroad superintendent

William MacRae (September 9, 1834 – February 11, 1882) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Early life

William MacRae was born September 9, 1834, in Wilmington, NC a son of General Alexander MacRae and Anna Jane Martin MacRae. His family was descended from the

MacRae contracted pneumonia and died at Augusta, Georgia. He is buried in his hometown of Wilmington, NC at Oakdale Cemetery.^[1]

See also

• List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)

Notes

References

• Eicher, John H., and
  ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1
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• Hess, Earl J. Lee's Tar Heels: The Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
  ISBN 0-8078-2687-1
• Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988.
  ISBN 978-0-8160-1055-4
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• ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9
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• http://library.uncw.edu/web/collections/manuscript/MS039.html
• http://www.aphillcsa.com/macrae.html

External links

• "William MacRae". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
• UNC Wilmington MacRae papers
• Web biography
• Web biography