Battle, Cullen Andrews

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Cullen Andrews Battle
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    South
    Origins
    Slave State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    4
    Family
    Cullen Battle (father), Jane A. Lamon (mother), Georgia F. Williams (wife)
    Education
    Other
    Other Education
    University of Alabama
    Occupation
    Politician
    Military
    Attorney or Judge
    Journalist
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Other Affiliations
    Fire-Eaters (Secessionists)
    Military
    Confederate Army

    Cullen Andrews Battle, Secession (American National Biography)

    Scholarship
    Battle won a reputation as an orator of some repute. He entered politics and was a vocal advocate of the secessionist movement. In 1856 he was substitute elector on the Buchanan ticket, and during the 1860 Alabama Democratic State Convention, he was made a presidential elector on the motion of Senator William L. Yancey. He and Yancey traveled across the state and to Charleston, New York, Boston, and Philadelphia on an extended speaking tour.
    D. Scott Hartwig, "Battle, Cullen Andrews," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/05/05-00056.html.
    How to Cite This Page: "Battle, Cullen Andrews," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/5056.