Life span: 08/07/1836 to 10/31/1920TabsLife SummaryFull name: Evander McIvor LawPlace of Birth: Darlington, SCBurial Place: Bartow, FLBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateNo. of Spouses: 1Family: E. Augustus Law (father), Elizabeth McIvor Law (mother), Jane Elizabeth Law (wife), William A. Latta (father-in-law)Education: OtherOther Education: South Carolina Military AcademyOccupation: MilitaryFarmer or PlanterEducatorMilitary: Confederate Army Note Cards Evander McIvor Law (New York Times) Obituary Maj. Gen. E. M. Law Dies. BARTOW, Fla., Oct. 31.—Major Gen. E. M. Law, ranking surviving officer of the Army of the Confederacy, died here today after a week’s illness. ------------------- General Law was 84 years old, and was a professor of history and belle letters at the King’s Mountain Military Academy when the civil war started, and he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th Alabama Infantry, and served through the war, attaining the rank of Major General in March, 1865. “Maj. Gen. E.M. Law Dies,” New York Times, November 1, 1920, p. 14: 6. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 07/02/1863 07/02/1863 At Gettysburg, V Corps troops hold, just, the threatened right flank of the Union line at Little Round Top Documents Images Evander McIvor Law Evander McIvor Law, detail Evander McIvor Law, photograph Evander McIvor Law, photograph, detail Bibliography
Evander McIvor Law (New York Times) Obituary Maj. Gen. E. M. Law Dies. BARTOW, Fla., Oct. 31.—Major Gen. E. M. Law, ranking surviving officer of the Army of the Confederacy, died here today after a week’s illness. ------------------- General Law was 84 years old, and was a professor of history and belle letters at the King’s Mountain Military Academy when the civil war started, and he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th Alabama Infantry, and served through the war, attaining the rank of Major General in March, 1865. “Maj. Gen. E.M. Law Dies,” New York Times, November 1, 1920, p. 14: 6.
