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Edward Dorr Tracy, Jr. (November 3, 1833 - May 1, 1863) was a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. After serving in Virginia and Eastern Tennessee, he was killed at the Battle of Port Gibson which was part of the Vicksburg Campaign.
General Edward Door Tracy, Jr.
historical marker {{DEFAULTSORT:Tracy, Edward D. 1833 births 1863 deaths People from Macon, Georgia People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War Confederate States Army brigadier generals Confederate States of America military personnel killed in the American Civil War People of Alabama in the American Civil War
Edward Dorr Tracy, Jr. (November 3, 1833 - May 1, 1863) was a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. After serving in Virginia and Eastern Tennessee, he was killed at the Battle of Port Gibson which was part of the Vicksburg Campaign.
Biography
Tracy was born inMacon, Georgia
Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast of Atlanta and lies near the geographic center of the state of Geo ...
on November 5, 1833. Prior to the war, he was a lawyer. He moved to Huntsville, Alabama in the late 1850s.
At the start of the Civil War, he was a captain for a company in the 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment. The regiment fought at the First Battle of Bull Run. On October 12, 1861, Tracy was appointed lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...
of the 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment
The 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment was formed in Huntsville, Alabama, on August 14, 1861. The unit fough ...
and was transferred to the Western Theater. He had a horse killed under him at the Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh (also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing) was fought on April 6–7, 1862, in the American Civil War. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee, which was part of the war's Western Theater. The battlefield i ...
. He was commissioned as a brigadier general on August 16, 1862.
Tracy was killed at the Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi on May 1, 1863. He was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, GA.
See also
* List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)Notes
References
* Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . * . * .External links
General Edward Door Tracy, Jr.
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