LORING, William Wing "Old Blizzards"
Confederate
Born: December 4 1818, Wilmington NC
Died: December 30 1886, New York NY
Pre-War Profession: Planter, lawyer, politician, soldier,
Seminole war, Mexican War, resigned May 1861 as a full Col.
War Service: May 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded forces
in western Virginia, Cheat Mountain, February 1862 Maj. Gen.
in command of the Army of Southwestern Virginia, corps command
in Army of Mississippi, blocked Grant's advance on Vicksburg,
command Loring's Corps in the Army of Tennessee, Atlanta
campaign, Carolinas campaign.
Post War: Traveled abroad, service of
Khedive of Egypt, returned to US, wrote memoirs.