Edward Porter Alexander

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Confederate general artillery officer person

Edward Porter Alexander was a prominent Confederate general and artillery officer during the American Civil War, later known for his influential postwar memoirs and engineering work.

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instanceOf Confederate general ⓘ
artillery officer ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance Confederate States of America ⓘ
birthDate 1835-05-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Washington, Georgia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
commanded artillery of Longstreet's Corps ⓘ
countryOfBurial United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1910-04-28 ⓘ
deathPlace Savannah, Georgia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt United States Military Academy ⓘ
familyName Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork artillery ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ
military engineering ⓘ
fullName Edward Porter Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre military history ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
graduationYear 1857 ⓘ
knownFor detailed Civil War memoirs ⓘ
innovative use of signal and artillery tactics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank Brigadier general ⓘ
Colonel ⓘ
notableWork Fighting for the Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Military Memoirs of a Confederate NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Antietam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
First Battle of Bull Run NERFINISHED ⓘ
Overland Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
postwarActivity college professor ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
servedIn American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
servedUnder James Longstreet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Bettie Mason Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ
taughtAt University of South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, United States → notableBurial → Edward Porter Alexander ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake View Cemetery
Confederate artillery → notableCommander → Edward Porter Alexander ⓘ