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AL:
We are only as good as our references.
Using the records I have access to right now, I have reviewed your list of 158 Confederate Generals who were lawyers before the Civil War. I am not seeing that the following ever practiced law or were identified as lawyers. Were they all recognized by the Bar? I will look them up individually tomorrow:
Hampton, Wade
Allen, William Wirt
Anderson, James Patton
Bate, William Brimmage (listed as a lawyer post-war)
Davis, William George Mackey (listed as a lawyer post-war)
Wright, Marcus (listed as a law clerk, not as a lawyer)
The following are not listed as Confederate General Officers in my sources:
Alcorn, James Lusk
Bagby, Arthur Pendleton
I did see Maney, George Earl, confirmed as a CSA BG April 1862 showing as a lawyer before the war on one list, so if so, he would make it 151 Confederate Generals who were lawyers before the Civil War.
TR
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De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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