McCown, John Porter

Life Span
to
Full name
John Porter McCown
Place of Birth
Sevierville, TN
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Farmer or Planter
Educator
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
Date Event
On the Kentucky Bend of the Mississippi, Island Number Ten falls to Union army and navy forces
How to Cite This Page: "McCown, John Porter," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6213.