ARCHER, James Jay
Affiliation:
Confederate
Born: December 19 1817, Bel Air MD
Died: October 24 1864, Richmond VA
Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, Mexican War, commissioned to
US Army 1855, resigned May 1861.
War Service: 1861 Col. of 5th Texas, Peninsula campaign,
Seven Pines, June 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Tennessee Bde/Hill's
Light Division in Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, commanded Archer's Bde/Heth's Divn at Gettysburg (c),
exchanged 1864, briefly commanded 2 brigades, died as a result of
continuing ill health.
Post War: First General officer to be captured after Lee took
command of the Army of Northern Virginia.