John b floyd biography of mahatma
Back on November 5th, John Floyd wrote a SleuthSayers blog about three stories he had published in AHMM this year..
Major General John B. Floyd
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| Floyd, John Buchanan |
| June 1, 1806 Montgomery Co, Virginia |
| August 26, 1863 Abingdon, Virginia |
| Confederate |
He studied at South Carolina College, and became a lawyer and a cotton planter.
In 1847, he was elected to the house of delegates, then became governor of Virginia in 1848.
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Appointed Secretary of War under Pres. James Buchanan in 1857, he resigned in December of 1860 in reaction to the President's policy at Charleston Harbor. Floyd was later accused of having helped the Confederacy by obtaining arms and material and transferring them to Southern arsenals prior to the War.
After returning to western Virginia to recruit mountaineers, he was appointed a Brigadier General on May 23, 1861.
In December of 1861, his brigade was sent to join Gen. A.S. Johnston's army in Tennessee. Floyd's brigade took part in the defense of Fort Donelson in February of 1862. In the face of a s