WILCOX, Cadmus Marcellus

Confederate

Born: May 29 1824, Wayne Cty NC

Died: December 2 1890, Washington DC

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1846, Mexican War, frontier duty, instructor at West Point, resigned June 1861.

War Service: June 1861 Col. of 9th Alabama, First Manassas, October 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded Wilcox's Bde/Longstreet's Divn at Seven Pines, Seven Days, Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville campaign, Salem Church, Gettysburg, August 1863 Maj. Gen., commanded Wilcox's Divn/III Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, Fort Gregg, Appomattox.

Post War: Chief of railroad division in US Land Office.