Marshall, Humphrey

Life Span
to
Full name
Humphrey Marshall
Place of Birth
Frankfort, KY
Burial Place
Frankfort, KY
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Family

James G. Birney (uncle)

Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Attorney or Judge
Farmer or Planter
Political Parties
Democratic
Whig
American Party (Know Nothings or Nativists)
Government
Fillmore Administration (1850-53)
Confederate government (1861-65)
Diplomat
US House of Representatives
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
Date Event
In eastern Kentucky, future U.S. President James A. Garfield wins a small but important Union victory
Date Title
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “The Plans of the Opposition for 1860,” January 9, 1859
New York Herald, “The Presidential Question,” January 24, 1859
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