About
Remembered best for leading the "Louisiana Tigers" infantry brigade in the American Civil War's 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, this Confederate Army general had previously served in the Mexican-American War.
Before Fame
Before beginning his military career, he studied law at Maryland's St. Mary's College and subsequently opened a New Orleans legal practice.
Trivia
He was severely injured during the 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House and soon thereafter ended his military career. After the Civil War, he briefly served as Sheriff of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Family Life
He spent his early years in Tennessee and Mississippi and later lived in Maryland and Louisiana.
Associated With
Hays' family's Tennessee homestead, The Hermitage, eventually became the home of United States President Andrew Jackson (whose wife was a relative of the Hays family).
