About
Military leader and politician who fought in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.
Before Fame
He entered the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the Civil War and served in the Western Theater as the Army of Tennessee's Senior Cavalry General.
Trivia
He served as a U.S. Representative from Alabama in the years between the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.
Family Life
He had seven children with his wife, Daniella.
Associated With
He and Albert Pike were both Confederate generals.