GIBSON, Randall Lee

Affiliation:  Union

Born: September 10 1832, Woodford Cty KY

Died: December 15 1892, Hot Springs AR

Pre-War Profession: US embassy attaché in Madrid

War Service: 1861 adc to Governor Moore of Louisiana, August 1861 Col. of 13th Louisiana, Shiloh, Kentucky campaign, Chickamauga, January 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Gibson's Bde/Stewart's Divn in Atlanta campaign, Franklin and Nashville campaign, defended Spanish Fort near Mobile until he led an escape.

Post War: Lawyer, elected to US congress but was refused his seat, later served, US senator.