Hoke, Robert Frederick

Life Span
to
Full name
Robert Frederick Hoke
Place of Birth
Lincolnton, NC
Burial Place
Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Children
6
Family
Michael Hoke (father), Francis Burton Hoke (mother), Lydia Van Wyck (wife)
Education
Other
Other Education
Lincolnton Academy, Kentucky Military Institute.
Occupation
Military
Businessman
Military
Confederate Army

Robert Frederick Hoke (Appleton’s)

Reference
HOKE, Robert Frederick, soldier, b. in Lincolnton, N.C., 27 May, 1837. He was major of the 1st North Carolina infantry early in 1861, and major, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel of the 33d North Carolina infantry and colonel of the 21st (formerly 11th) North Carolina infantry. He was appointed brigadier-general in the Confederate states army, 17 Jan., 1863, and major-general, 20 April, 1864. His brigade was in Early's division, Jackson's (afterward Ewell's) corps, Army of northern Virginia. He was at one time in command of the district of North Carolina. His division was composed of the brigades of Gens. Martin, Hagood, Clingman, and Colquitt, Army of northern Virginia. Since the war he has been actively engaged in business in North Carolina, and now is president of the Seaboard air line, Georgia, Carolina, and Northwestern railroad company.
James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, eds., “Hoke, Robert Frederick,” Appleton’s Cyclopaedia of American Biography (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901), 7: 143.
Date Event
- In Virginia, Union attacks at Chaffin's Farm tighten the ring around Petersburg
In Virginia, Confederate attempts to relieve pressure on Petersburg are defeated on the Darbytown and New Market Roads
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