Life span: 08/21/1821 to 07/03/1863TabsLife SummaryFull name: William BarksdalePlace of Birth: Smyrna, TNBurial Place: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, MSBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateNo. of Siblings: 3No. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 2Family: William Barksdale (father), Nancy Hervey Lester Barksdale (mother), Narcissa Saunders (wife, 1849), Ethelbert Barksdale (brother)Education: OtherOther Education: University of NashvilleOccupation: PoliticianMilitaryAttorney or JudgeJournalistRelation to Slavery: SlaveholderPolitical Parties: DemocraticOther Affiliations: Fire-Eaters (Secessionists)MasonsGovernment: US House of RepresentativesMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War)Confederate Army Census SnapshotSlaveholding in 1860: 36Household Size in 1860: 5Children in 1860: 2Political Party in 1860: DemocratResidence in 1860: Lowndes County, MSMarital status in 1860: Married Note Cards William Barksdale (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceBARKSDALE, William, (brother of Ethelbert Barksdale), a Representative from Mississippi; born in Rutherford County, Tenn., August 21, 1821; attended the University of Nashville; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss.; for a time was editor of the Columbus Democrat; served in the Mexican War as quartermaster of the Mississippi Volunteers; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1852; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1853, until January 12, 1861, when he withdrew; entered the Confederate Army during the Civil War as colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers; promoted to the rank of brigadier general on August 12, 1862; commanded a Mississippi brigade in Longstreet’s corps; killed in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss."Barksdale, William," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000147. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 10/21/1861 10/21/1861 Union troops suffer a heavy defeat at Ball's Bluff on the Virginia side of the Potomac 05/03/1863 05/03/1863 Union infantrymen finally take Marye's Heights in the Second Battle of Fredericksburg 05/03/1863 05/04/1863 Union reinforcements prevented from reaching Chancellorsville at Battle of Salem Church Documents Images William Barksdale William Barksdale, detail Bibliography Chicago Style Entry Link Tyson, Raymond W. “William Barksdale and the Brooks-Sumner Assault.” Journal of Mississippi History 26 (May 1964): 135-140. View Record McKee, James W., Jr. “William Barksdale and the Congressional Election of 1853.” Journal of Mississippi History 34 (May 1972): 129-158. View Record
William Barksdale (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceBARKSDALE, William, (brother of Ethelbert Barksdale), a Representative from Mississippi; born in Rutherford County, Tenn., August 21, 1821; attended the University of Nashville; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss.; for a time was editor of the Columbus Democrat; served in the Mexican War as quartermaster of the Mississippi Volunteers; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1852; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1853, until January 12, 1861, when he withdrew; entered the Confederate Army during the Civil War as colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers; promoted to the rank of brigadier general on August 12, 1862; commanded a Mississippi brigade in Longstreet’s corps; killed in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss."Barksdale, William," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000147.
