Tilghman, Lloyd

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01/26/1816—05/16/1863

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Full name

Lloyd Tilghman

Place of Birth

Claiborne, MD

Burial Place

Woodlawn Cemetery, New York, NY

Birth Date Certainty

Exact

Death Date Certainty

Exact

Gender

Male

Race

White

Sectional choice

South

Origins

Slave State

Family

Tench Tilghman (father), Ann Shoemaker Tilghman (mother), Augusta Tilghman (wife)

Education

West Point (US Military Academy)

Occupation

Military

Other

Other Occupation

Civil Engineer

Military

US military (Pre-Civil War)

Confederate Army

Events

Date	Event
02/03/1862—02/05/1862	On the Tennessee River, Union forces deploy for an assault on Forts Henry and Donelson
02/04/1862	In Calloway County, Kentucky, Confederate forces abandon Fort Heiman to concentrate at Fort Henry
02/06/1862	In western Tennessee, Fort Henry falls to the naval bombardment of Flag Officer Foote's gunboats
03/03/1862	Generals Buckner and Tilghman, captured at Fort Donelson, arrive in Boston as prisoners-of-war
05/16/1863	In Mississippi, the Army of the Tennessee wins a pivotal battle at Champion Hill and moves on to Vicksburg

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Date	Title
02/09/1862	Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman to Confederate Headquarters at Bowling Green, Kentucky, February 9, 1862

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