PRYOR, Roger Atkinson

Confederate

Born: July 19 1828, nr Petersburg VA

Died: March 14 1919, New York NY

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, newspaper editor, US congressman

War Service: 1861 accompanied Beauregard at Fort Sumter, entered Confederate Congress, resigned, April 1861 Col. of 3rd Virginia, Williamsburg, April 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded 5th Bde/Longstreet's Divn in Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, his brigade was then dismantled due to losses, scouted for Jackson, resigned August 1863, scouting duty, captured November 1864, exchanged shortly before Appomattox.

Post War: Lawyer, newspaperman, judge