FEATHERSTON, Winfield Scott

Affiliation:  Union

Born: August 8 1820, Murfreesboro TN

Died: May 28 1891, Holly Springs MS

Pre-War Profession: Creek war, lawyer, US congressman

War Service: 1861 Col. of 17th Mississippi, Ball's Bluff, March 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Featherston's Bde/D H Hill's Divn at Yorktown, Peninsula campaign, commanded 6th Bde/Longstreet's Divn at Gaines' Mill (w), Second Manassas, commanded Featherston's Bde/R H Anderson's Divn at Fredericksburg, commanded Featherston's Bde/Loring's Divn in the Vicksburg campaign, Atlanta campaign, Franklin, Nashville, Carolinas campaign.

Post War: Lawyer, politician, judge.