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Served a year at Carlisle Barracks, 1856-57
Full name
James Patrick Major
Place of Birth
Fayette, MO
Burial Place
Donaldsonville, LA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
2
Family
Samuel Collier Major (father), Eliza Chalmers (first wife), Emily Schiff (second wife)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Farmer or Planter
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
Date Event
At Wilson's Creek in Missouri, a bold Union attack is thrown back and General Nathaniel Lyon killed
Near Grand Coteau, Louisiana, Confederate forces defeat Union infantry in the battle of Bayou Bourbeau
Red River Campaign
Date Title
Recollection of Joseph Blessington, Battle of Bayou Bourbeau, November 3, 1863
Recollection of Richard Taylor, Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864
How to Cite This Page: "Major, James Patrick," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6158.