Lin Fengxiang was from

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. Originally an imperial guard in 1852, he rose to the rank of commander during the Taiping's march through

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. In

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, he was promoted to deputy chancellor of the Heaven Department. Along with

Li Kaifang Li Kaifang was a military leader of the Taiping Rebellion from Luchuan, Guangxi, China. In 1851, he was promoted to the rank of corps superintendent. While campaigning in Hunan in 1852, he was promoted three times, rising to the rank of comm ...

, Lin lead the Taiping vanguard during the march toward Nanking and occupied

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in April 1853. Both would also lead the ill-fated

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. Lin was captured on March 7, 1855 in Lizhen,

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.Franz H. Michael, The Taiping Rebellion: History 94 (1966)

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