GHOLSON, Samuel Jameson

Affiliation:  Union

Born: May 19, 1808, Richmond KY

Died: October 16, 1883, Aberdeen MI

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, Mississippi House of Representatives, judge, Mississippi State Militia

War Service: During the American Civil War, Gholson served in the Confederate States Army as a private, captain, colonel, and brigadier general, and as a major general of Mississippi state troops. Gholson initially enlisted as a private, taking part in the battles of Fort Donelson, Iuka, and Corinth in 1862. Gholson was severely wounded in the December 1864 Battle of Egypt Station, and lost his right arm.

Post War: Mississippi House of Representatives, Lawyer