Alexander Travis Hawthorn

Alexander Travis Hawthorn
Born	January 10, 1825 Conecuh County, Alabama
Died	May 31, 1899 (aged 74) Dallas, Texas
Buried at	Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Texas
Allegiance	United States of America Confederate States of America
Service/branch	United States Volunteers Provisional Army of the Confederate States
Years of service	1847-1848 1861-1865
Rank	First Lieutenant Brigadier-General
Battles/wars	Mexican–American War American Civil War Battle of Shiloh Battle of Prairie Grove Battle of Helena Battle of Jenkins' Ferry
Spouse(s)	Anna Hawthorn
Other work	Lawyer, merchant, minister

Alexander Travis Hawthorn (January 10, 1825 – May 31, 1899) was a Brigadier-General from Arkansas in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States.^[1]

Early life

Alexander Travis Hawthorn was born in Conecuh County, Alabama on January 10, 1825 and was educated at Evergreen Academy and Mercer University. He then studied law at Yale University for two years, from 1846 to 1847, and relocated to Camden, Arkansas, where he commenced the practice of law.^[2]

American Civil War

When the "Sixth Arkansas" was organized in 1861, Hawthorn was elected first its lieutenant-colonel and then, the following spring, was appointed its colonel. He was present at the Battle of Shiloh and took a gallant part in the assault on Hindman Hill, in 1863, during the attack on Helena, Arkansas.^[3] In 1864 he led a brigade in Major-General Churchill's division, during the joint campaign of the Federal Major-Generals Banks and Steele; and was a participant in the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry.^[4][5] Meanwhile, he had been promoted brigadier from February 18, 1864. He continued in Churchill's division until the close of the Civil War.^[6]

Later life

Hawthorn emigrated to Brazil in 1867, but returned to the United States in 1874 and engaged in business in Atlanta. Six years later he entered the Baptist ministry and was ordained, after which he lived in Texas until his death, 31 May 1899, at Dallas. He is buried in Marshall.^[7]

See also

• List of American Civil War generals

Notes

1. Warner 1997, pp. 129–130.
2. Warner 1997, pp. 129–130.
3. Thomas 1926, p. 191.
4. "Louisiana and Arkansas."
5. Dimitry 1899, pp. 402–403.
6. Warner 1997, pp. 129–130.
7. Warner 1997, pp. 129–130.

References

• Dimitry, John; Harrell, Col. John M. (1899). Evans, Brig.-Gen. Clement A., ed. Confederate Military History X. Atlanta, Ga.: Confederate Publishing Co.
• "Louisiana and Arkansas—Banks and Steele". The Daily Conservative 1 (31) (Raleigh, N.C.). May 28, 1864. p. 1.
• Thomas, David Y. (1926), Arkansas in War and Reconstruction: 1861-1874, Little Rock, Ark.: Central Printing Co.
• Warner, Ezra J. (1997), Generals in Gray: Lives of Confederate Commanders, Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, ISBN 0-8071-0823-5

Further reading

• Bearss, Edwin C. (1967). Steele's Retreat from Camden and the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry. Little Rock, Ark.: Pioneer Press. ISBN 0960225-5-1-X. LCCN 67-18271.
• Castel, Albert (1993) [1st pub. 1968]. General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West (Louisiana pbk. ed.). Baton Rouge; London: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-1854-0. LCCN 68-21804.

External links

• Alexander Travis Hawthorn at Find a Grave
• Alexander Travis Hawthorn at the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture