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Lafayette McLaws ( ; January 15, 1821 – July 24, 1897) was a United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served at Antietam and Fredericksburg, where Robert E. Lee praised his defense of Marye's Heights, and at Gettysburg, where his division made some successful assaults, but was unable to dislodge Union forces from Cemetery Ridge. After the Knoxville Campaign, he was court-martialled for inefficiency, though this was overturned for procedural reasons. Finally he was sent to his native Georgia to resist Sherman's March to the Sea, but had to retreat through the Carolinas, losing many men through desertion, and is presumed to have surrendered with Joseph E. Johnston in April 1865.

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  • Lafayette McLaws ( ; January 15, 1821 – July 24, 1897) was a United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served at Antietam and Fredericksburg, where Robert E. Lee praised his defense of Marye's Heights, and at Gettysburg, where his division made some successful assaults, but was unable to dislodge Union forces from Cemetery Ridge. After the Knoxville Campaign, he was court-martialled for inefficiency, though this was overturned for procedural reasons. Finally he was sent to his native Georgia to resist Sherman's March to the Sea, but had to retreat through the Carolinas, losing many men through desertion, and is presumed to have surrendered with Joseph E. Johnston in April 1865.
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  • 1861(xsd:integer)
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  • 1821-01-15(xsd:date)
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  • Savannah, Georgia
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  • Lafayette McLaws
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  • Augusta, Georgia
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  • Colonel of the 10th Georgia Regiment
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  • 1897-07-24(xsd:date)
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  • 35(xsd:integer)
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  • United States of America
  • Confederate States of America
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  • insurance business, tax collector, postmaster, author
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  • Lafayette McLaws ( ; January 15, 1821 – July 24, 1897) was a United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served at Antietam and Fredericksburg, where Robert E. Lee praised his defense of Marye's Heights, and at Gettysburg, where his division made some successful assaults, but was unable to dislodge Union forces from Cemetery Ridge. After the Knoxville Campaign, he was court-martialled for inefficiency, though this was overturned for procedural reasons. Finally he was sent to his native Georgia to resist Sherman's March to the Sea, but had to retreat through the Carolinas, losing many men through desertion, and is presumed to have surrendered with Joseph E. Johnston in April 1865. McLaws remained bitter about his court-martial, especially as the charges had been filed by James Longstreet, his friend and classmate at West Point, with whom he had served for years. Although he defended Longstreet against Lost Cause proponents who blamed him for losing the war, McLaws never fully forgave Longstreet for his actions.
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