FERGUSON, Samuel Wragg

Affiliation:  Union

Born: November 3 1834, Charleston SC

Died: February 3 1917, Jackson MS

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1857, Mormon expedition, resigned 1861.

War Service: 1861 South Carolina provisional army, Beauregard's staff, Fort Sumter, First Manassas, Shiloh, Corinth, Lt. Col. of 28th Mississippi Cavalry, Vicksburg campaign, July 1863 Brig. Gen., commanded Ferguson's Bde/Jackson's cavalry Divn in the Atlanta campaign, Carolinas campaign, fled with President Davis.

Post War: Lawyer, civil engineer, tried to serve in Spanish-American war.