William Whedbee Kirkland
William Whedbee Kirkland (February 13, 1833 – May 12, 1915) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was the only former US Marine to serve as a Confederate general.
Early life
Kirkland was born in Hillsborough,
Civil War
When the Civil War broke out, Kirkland was initially appointed a captain in the Confederate army and then elected
Kirkland returned to active service with his old regiment at the
Kirkland served under
After the war, Kirkland settled in Savannah, Georgia, where he worked in the commission business as partner of Noble Hardee, the father of his wife Susan Ann.[2] He later moved to New York City and worked for the post office there. Kirkland spent the last years of his life in a soldier's home in Washington, D.C., where he died of kidney disease on May 12, 1915, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
Kirkland's daughter Bess became famous on the Broadway stage under the name Odette Tyler.[3] His family home, Ayr Mount, in Hillsborough, NC, is now a house museum.
See also
References
- Specific
- ISBN 1846034930.
- ^ Parker, James (1975-07-30). "The Life of Noble Andrew Hardee". Savannah Biographies.
- ^ "William Whedbee Kirkland". Stonewall in the Valley. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30.
- General
- 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
- "William Whedbee Kirkland". Stonewall in the Valley. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30.[unreliable source?]
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