Albert G. Jenkins Politician

Albert Gallatin Jenkins (November 10, 1830 – May 21, 1864) was an attorney, planter, representative to the United States Congress and First Confederate Congress, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. The commander of a brigade of cavalry from what would become West Virginia, he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain near Dublin, Virginia.

Personal facts

Albert G. Jenkins
Birth dateNovember 10, 1830
Birth place
Cabell County West Virginia
Date of deathMay 21, 1864
Place of death
Battle of Cloyd's Mountain

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party
Democratic Party (United States)

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External resources

  1. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000081
  2. http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/greenbottom.html
  3. http://www.rocemabra.com/~roger/tagg/generals
  4. http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh8-1.html
  5. https://archive.org/search.php?query=publisher%3A%22Confederate%20Pub.%20Co.%22