BOGGS, William Robertson

Confederate

Born: March 18 1829, Augusta GA

Died: September 11 1911, Winston-Salem NC

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1853, engineer and ordnance duties

War Service: February 1861 Chief Engineer of Georgia, Capt. of ordnance under Beauregard at Charleston, engineer duties in Florida and Georgia, November 1862 Brig. Gen., served as Kirby Smith's chief of staff in Trans Mississippi.

Post War: Engineer, teacher, wrote memoirs