Archer, James Jay

Life Span
to
Full name
James Jay Archer
Place of Birth
Bel Air, MD
Burial Place
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Education
Princeton (College of New Jersey)
Occupation
Military
Attorney or Judge
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
Date Event
- Battle of Gettysburg
Attack of Confederate infantry on dismounted Union cavalry begins the collision of armies at Gettysburg
Lee's attack on the Union center ends with the failure of Pickett's Charge
How to Cite This Page: "Archer, James Jay," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/4996.