Major, James Patrick

Life span:

05/14/1836 to 05/07/1877

Dickinson Connection:

Served a year at Carlisle Barracks, 1856-57

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Life Summary

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:

No. of Children:

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

Events

Date span begin	Life span End	Event
08/10/1861	08/10/1861	At Wilson's Creek in Missouri, a bold Union attack is thrown back and General Nathaniel Lyon killed
11/03/1863	11/03/1863	Near Grand Coteau, Louisiana, Confederate forces defeat Union infantry in the battle of Bayou Bourbeau

Major Topics

Red River Campaign

Documents

Subject Docs

Date	Title
11/03/1863	Recollection of Joseph Blessington, Battle of Bayou Bourbeau, November 3, 1863
04/08/1864	Recollection of Richard Taylor, Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864

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