WINDER, Charles Sidney

Confederate

Born: October 18 1829, Talbot Cty MD

Died: August 9 1862, Cedar Mountain VA

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1850, garrison and frontier duty, resigned April 1861.

War Service: April 1861 Maj. of artillery in Confederate Regular Army, Fort Sumter, July 1861 Col. of 6th South Carolina, March 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded the Stonewall Brigade in Shenandoah Valley campaign, Seven Days, Cedar Mountain (mw).

Post War: On August 9, 1862, Winder led his men into battle at Cedar Mountain, on the left flank of the Confederate line. He did so despite having been ill for several days, and in defiance of a surgeon's order to rest. He was personally directing the fire of a battery when a Union shell struck him in his left side, horribly mangling him. Borne to the rear on a stretcher, Winder died later that evening.