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  • Richard Taylor (general)
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  • Richard Taylor (January 27, 1826 – April 12, 1879) was an American plantation owner, politician, military historian and Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was the son of Zachary Taylor, a general in the United States Army and later President of the United States, and his wife Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Taylor joined the Confederate States Army, serving first as a brigade commander in Virginia, and later as an army commander in the Trans-Mississippi Theater.
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serviceyears
  • 1861
Birth Date
  • 1826-01-27
Commands
  • 9
  • Louisiana Tigers
Branch
death place
  • New York City, New York
Name
  • Richard Taylor
Caption
  • Richard Taylor
  • photo taken between 1860 and 1870
placeofburial label
  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • present-day St. Matthews, Kentucky
death date
  • 1879-04-12
Rank
  • 35
Allegiance
  • United States of America
  • Confederate States of America
Battles
laterwork
  • Louisiana state senate
placeofburial
abstract
  • Richard Taylor (January 27, 1826 – April 12, 1879) was an American plantation owner, politician, military historian and Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was the son of Zachary Taylor, a general in the United States Army and later President of the United States, and his wife Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Taylor joined the Confederate States Army, serving first as a brigade commander in Virginia, and later as an army commander in the Trans-Mississippi Theater.
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