BATE, William Brimage

Confederate

Born: October 7 1826, Bledsoe's Lick TN

Died: March 9 1905, Washington DC

Pre-War Profession: Clerk, Mexican War, journalist, attorney, politician

War Service: 1861 Pvt., Col. of 2nd Tennessee, Shiloh (w), October 1862 Brig. Gen., Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, February 1864 Maj. Gen., Dalton, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, Greensboro.

Post War:  Lawyer, governor, US senator