Life span: 06/11/1823 to 04/07/1895TabsLife SummaryFull name: James Lawson KemperPlace of Birth: Madison County, VABurial Place: Orange, VABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateEducation: OtherOther Education: Washington College (VA)Occupation: PoliticianMilitaryAttorney or JudgeGovernment: GovernorState legislatureMilitary: Confederate Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 07/03/1863 07/03/1863 Lee's attack on the Union center ends with the failure of Pickett's Charge Documents Images James Lawson Kemper James Lawson Kemper, detail Bibliography Chicago Style Entry Link Jones, Robert R. "The Mexican War Diary of James Lawson Kemper." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 74, no. 4 (1966): 387-428. View Record
