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   Lafayette McLaws (/ l ə ˈ f eɪ. ɛ t / lə-FAY-et; January 15, 1821 – July 24, 1897) was a United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.

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   Jul 1, 2023 · Lafayette McLaws was a career army officer from Augusta, Georgia who joined the Confederacy during the Civil War. He fought in the Army of Northern Virginia until his courtmartial following the Knoxville Campaign.

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   Mar 17, 2017 · Major General Lafayette McLaws was a Confederate division commander who fought with both the Army of Northern Virginia and Army of Tennessee.

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   Explore the life and legacy of Lafayette McLaws, a Confederate general in the Civil War at The Gettysburg Experience magazine.

6. cthl.org › biography-of-lafayette-mclawsBiography of Lafayette McLaws – Cathedral of Liberty

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   Lafayette McLaws was born in Augusta, Georgia. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842, placing 48th out of 56 cadets. McLaws served as an infantry officer in the Mexican-American War, in the West, and in the Utah War to suppress the Mormon uprising.

7. www.battlefields.org › learn › articlesThe Battle of Malvern Hill | American Battlefield Trust

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   Men from the divisions of D. H. Hill, D. R. Jones, Lafayette McLaws, Benjamin Huger, and J. B. Magruder all charged and suffered. One North Carolina soldier struggled to explain just how awful it was, finally resorting to the ultimate superlative: “The enemy opened the most terrific and destructive fire…that ever any troop met since the ...

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   How old was Lafayette McLaws?

   • He was 42-year-old Lafayette McLaws. Named for the famous Marquis de Lafayette – a popular appellation in the early 19th century, Lafayette Huguenin McLaws was the middle child of five children born to James and Elizabeth Huguenin McLaws, born on January 15, 1821 near Augusta, Georgia.

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   Did Lafayette McLaws write a civil war letter?

   • A collection of his letters, A Soldier's General: The Civil War Letters of Major General Lafayette McLaws (2002), was published posthumously. McLaws Circle, part of the Kingsmill development of Anheuser-Busch in James City County, Virginia, near Williamsburg, was named in his honor in the 1970s.

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   Where is Lafayette McLaws buried?

   • Lafayette McLaws died in Savannah and is buried there in Laurel Grove Cemetery. A collection of his letters, A Soldier's General: The Civil War Letters of Major General Lafayette McLaws (2002), was published posthumously.

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   What did John McLaws do in the Civil War?

   • At the start of the Civil War, resigning as a U.S. Army captain, McLaws was commissioned a major in the Confederate States Army. He was quickly promoted to colonel of the 10th Georgia Infantry regiment; then quickly again to brigadier general in brigade and division command in the Seven Days Battles; then, on May 23, 1862, to major general.

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9. www.battlefields.org › learn › articlesThe Maryland Campaign of 1862 | American Battlefield Trust

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   Lafayette McLaws with his own and Richard Anderson’s division was tasked with capturing Maryland Heights, the key to the possession of Harper’s Ferry. Major General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson commanded the strongest column, consisting of three divisions.