John B. Floyd

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American politician Confederate States Army general United States Secretary of War human

John B. Floyd was a Confederate general and former U.S. Secretary of War best known for his controversial leadership and retreat during the early Civil War, including the events surrounding Fort Donelson.

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Label	Occurrences
John Floyd	2
John B. Floyd canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ Confederate States Army general ⓘ United States Secretary of War ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	Confederate States of America ⓘ
burialPlace	Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	illness ⓘ
citizenship	Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfBirth	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1806-06-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1863-08-26 ⓘ
education	South Carolina College NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	John Buchanan Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	John NERFINISHED ⓘ
governorTermEnd	1852-01-01 ⓘ
governorTermStart	1849-01-01 ⓘ
middleName	Buchanan NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank	Brigadier general ⓘ
notableEvent	Command at the Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
notableFor	controversial retreat from Fort Donelson in 1862 ⓘ
occupation	lawyer ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ
officeHeld	Governor of Virginia ⓘ Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia ⓘ Member of the Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ United States Secretary of War NERFINISHED ⓘ
parent	John Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Letitia Preston Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ
partyAffiliation	Democratic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Montgomery County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Abingdon, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionEnd	1860-12-29 ⓘ
positionHeldOf	United States Secretary of War NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionStart	1857-03-06 ⓘ
presidentServedUnder	James Buchanan NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForNotability	role in the secession crisis and early Confederate military operations ⓘ
relative	Preston family of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
resignedFrom	United States Secretary of War NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Sally Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ
stateGoverned	Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Fort Donelson campaign → commander → John B. Floyd ⓘ

Floyd County, Indiana → namedAfter → John B. Floyd ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Floyd

Floyd County → namedAfter → John B. Floyd ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Floyd