William E. Starke Military person

William Edwin Starke (1814 – September 17, 1862) was a wealthy Gulf Coast businessman and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Antietam while commanding the famed "Stonewall Division," a unit first made famous under Stonewall Jackson.

Personal facts

William E. Starke
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1814
Birth place
Brunswick County Virginia
Date of deathSeptember 17, 1862
Place of death
Maryland , Antietam National Battlefield
Resting place
Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond Virginia)

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military operations
American Civil War
Battle of Harpers Ferry
Battle of Chantilly
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Peninsula Campaign
Battle of Cedar Mountain
Battle of Rich Mountain
Battle of Corrick's Ford
military command
Second Louisiana Brigade
Stonewall Division (temporary)
military unit
Army of Northern Virginia
relation
service start1861

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