LAWTON, Alexander Robert

Confederate

Born: November 4 1818, Beaufort Dist. SC

Died: July 2 1896, Clifton Springs NY

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1839, resigned 1841, lawyer, railroad administrator, politician.

War Service: 1861 Col. of 1st Georgia, commanded state troops at Fort Pulaski GA, April 1861 Brig. Gen., Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign, commanded 4th Bde/Jackson's Divn at Seven Days, Second Manassas, commanded Ewell's Divn at Sharpsburg (w), August 1863 quartermaster general.

Post War: Politician, lawyer, US minister to Austria.