William F. Tucker

William F. Tucker
Born (1827-05-09)May 9, 1827
Iredell County, North Carolina
Died September 14, 1881(1881-09-14) (aged 54)
Okolona, Mississippi
Place of burial Odd Fellows Cemetery
Okolona, Mississippi
Allegiance Confederate States of America Confederate States of America
Service/branch  Confederate States Army Infantry
Years of service 1861 1865 (CSA)
Rank Brigadier General
Battles/wars

American Civil War

Other work Lawyer
Judge
Politician

William Feimster Tucker (May 9, 1827 September 14, 1881) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Early life

Tucker was born in Iredell County, North Carolina. He attended Emory and Henry College in Abingdon, Virginia, and graduated in 1848. That same year he moved to Houston, Mississippi. In 1855, he was elected probate judge of Chickasaw County. Tucker then studied law and was admitted to the bar and began practicing.[1]

Civil War

Tucker entered the Confederate Army as a captain of Company K, 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. He was part of Barnard Bee's brigade at the First Battle of Manassas. Soon afterwards Tucker's company was sent to the West and merged with the 41st Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Tucker was commissioned colonel of the regiment in May 1862. He led the regiment at the Battles of Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga before being promoted to brigadier general to rank from March 1, 1864. Tucker's field duty ended that summer after suffering a severe wound at the Battle of Resaca during the Atlanta Campaign. In the last weeks of the war he commanded the District of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana.[1]

Post-War and murder

After the war, Tucker returned to Chickasaw County and again practiced law. He was elected to the state legislature in 1876 and 1878. He was assassinated on September 14, 1881, in Okolona, Mississippi. It was alleged that a man whom Tucker had a case pending against had hired two men to assassinate him.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Warner, p. 311.

References

External links

"William F. Tucker". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-07-02. 

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