DRAYTON, Thomas Fenwick

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: August 24 1808, Charleston SC

Died: February 18 1891, Florence SC

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1828, resigned 1836, planter, railroad director, politician

War Service: September 1861 Brig. Gen., Port Royal, commanded Drayton's Bde/D R Jones' Divn at Second Manassas, South Mountain, Sharpsburg, performed poorly, transferred to Trans Mississippi.

Post War: Farmer, insurance agent.