MCCOWN, John Porter
Confederate
Born: August 19 1815, Sevierville TN
Died: January 22 1879, Little Rock AR
Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1840,
artillery service, Mexican War, resigned May 1861.
War Service: May 1861 Lt. Col., Col. in command of
artillery corps in the Provisional army of Tennessee, October
1861 Brig. Gen., Belmont, New Madrid, Fort Pillow, March
1862 Maj. Gen. in command of the Army of the West, commanded
Dept of East Tennessee, commanded McCown's Divn/Hardee's
Corps at Murfreesboro, court martialled for disobedience, relieved
of rank and pay for 6 months, quarreled with Bragg and President
Davis, saw little service after that.
Post War: Teacher, farmer