Barksdale, William

Life Span
to
    Full name
    William Barksdale
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    South
    Origins
    Slave State
    No. of Siblings
    3
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    2
    Family
    William Barksdale (father), Nancy Hervey Lester Barksdale (mother), Narcissa Saunders (wife, 1849), Ethelbert Barksdale (brother)
    Education
    Other
    Other Education
    University of Nashville
    Occupation
    Politician
    Military
    Attorney or Judge
    Journalist
    Relation to Slavery
    Slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Other Affiliations
    Fire-Eaters (Secessionists)
    Masons
    Government
    US House of Representatives
    Military
    US military (Pre-Civil War)
    Confederate Army
    Slaveholding in 1860
    36
    Household Size in 1860
    5
    Children in 1860
    2
    Political Party in 1860
    Democrat
    Residence in 1860
    Marital status in 1860
    Married

    William Barksdale (Congressional Biographical Directory)

    Reference
    BARKSDALE, William, (brother of Ethelbert Barksdale), a Representative from Mississippi; born in Rutherford County, Tenn., August 21, 1821; attended the University of Nashville; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss.; for a time was editor of the Columbus Democrat; served in the Mexican War as quartermaster of the Mississippi Volunteers; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1852; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1853, until January 12, 1861, when he withdrew; entered the Confederate Army during the Civil War as colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers; promoted to the rank of brigadier general on August 12, 1862; commanded a Mississippi brigade in Longstreet’s corps; killed in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
    "Barksdale, William," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000147.
    Chicago Style Entry Link
    McKee, James W., Jr. “William Barksdale and the Congressional Election of 1853.” Journal of Mississippi History 34 (May 1972): 129-158. view record
    Tyson, Raymond W. “William Barksdale and the Brooks-Sumner Assault.” Journal of Mississippi History 26 (May 1964): 135-140. view record
    How to Cite This Page: "Barksdale, William," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/5036.