Wharton, Rufus Watson

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Military Governor of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, June 27-30, 1863
Full name
Rufus Watson Wharton
Place of Birth
Beaufort County, NC
Burial Place
Washington, NC
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Siblings
8
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
5
Family
 Evans Wharton (father), Benitha Caulk Wharton (mother) , Mary Latham Perry (wife) 
Occupation
Military
Attorney or Judge
Farmer or Planter
Relation to Slavery
Slaveholder
Military
Confederate Army
Date Event
- In Carlisle, Rodes' infantry enjoy a brief but comfortable respite at the U.S. Army Cavalry School
At dawn, the last Confederate occupiers of Carlisle, Pennsylvania leave the town
How to Cite This Page: "Wharton, Rufus Watson," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/40142.