Arthur Middleton Manigault

Infobox Military Person
name= Arthur Middleton Manigault
born= birth date|1824|10|26
died= death date and age|1886|8|17|1824|10|26


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placeofbirth= Charleston, South Carolina
placeofdeath= Georgetown County, South Carolina
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allegiance= United States of America Confederate States of America
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serviceyears= 1861–64 (C.S.A)
rank= Brigadier General
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battles= Mexican-American War American Civil War
*Battle of Fort Sumter
*Battle of Shiloh
*Battle of Stone's River
*Battle of Chickamauga
*The Atlanta Campaign
**Battle of Resaca
*Second Battle of Franklin
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laterwork=Adjutant and Inspector General of South Carolina, 1880–86

Arthur Middleton Manigault (October 26, 1824 – August 17, 1886) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. [Wakelyn, "Biographical Dictionary," pp. 308-309.]

Early life and career

Manigault was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1824. His parents were Joseph and Charlotte Manigault. His mother was both the daughter of Charles Drayton, a South Carolina Lt. Governor, and the granddaughter of Henry Middleton, the second President of the First Continental Congress. Her uncle, Arthur Middleton, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Manigault attended the College of Charleston, although he abandoned his studies to pursue an interest in business. During the Mexican-American War, he served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant with the Palmetto Regiment. From 1847 to 1856, he was a businessman in Charleston. He married Mary Proctor Huger on April 18, 1850, and they had five children together. In 1856, he inherited a rice plantation in Georgetown County, South Carolina and moved there.

Civil War

With the outbreak of the Civil War, Manigault participated in the Battle of Fort Sumter. He was a colonel of the 10th South Carolina Regiment, and helped construct the batteries for the defense of Winyah Bay in Georgetown County. In March 1862, he was ordered to dismantle the coastal batteries and to ship the guns to Charleston. In April 1862, he was commanded to take his troops and report to General P. G. T. Beauregard with the Army of Mississippi. ["Official Records," Series 1, Vol. 1, p. 34; Vol. 6, pp. 268-69, 285, 417-418, 433-34.]

In northern Mississippi, Manigault saw action during the Siege of Corinth. Afterward, he served with the reorganized Army of Tennessee and saw action at the Battles of Stone's River and of Chickamauga. He was present during the Battle of Missionary Ridge. [Eicher, "The Longest Night," p. 610.] During the late spring and summer of 1864, he participated in the Atlanta Campaign.

On April 26, 1863, he was promoted to brigadier general. During the war, he was wounded twice: first in Georgia at the Battle of Resaca in May 1864, and then at the Second Battle of Franklin during November 1864. His second injury prevented his return to active service.

Postbellum activities

After the war, Manigault returned to manage his rice plantation in South Carolina. From 1880 to 1886, he served as the Adjutant and Inspector General of South Carolina. He died in Georgetown County, South Carolina in 1886 and is buried in the Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston. [Owens and Owens, "Generals at Rest," p. 199.]

ee also

*Stones River Confederate order of battle
*Chickamauga Confederate order of battle
*Franklin II Confederate order of battle
*List of Huguenots

Notes

References

*cite book
last = Eicher | first = David J.
authorlink = David J. Eicher
title = The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War
location = New York
publisher = Simon & Schuster
date = 2001
isbn = 0-684-84944-5
*cite book
last = Owen | first = Richard
coauthors = James Owen
title = Generals at Rest: The Grave Sites of the 425 Official Confederate Generals
location = Shippensburg, PA
publisher = White Mane Publishing Co.
date = 1997
isbn = 1-57249-045-4
*cite book
author= US Department of War
title = ""
location = Washington
publisher = Government Printing Office
date = 1880 - 1901
*cite book
last = Wakelyn | first = Jon L.
title = Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy
location = Westport, CT
publisher = Greenwood Press
date = 1977
isbn = 0-8371-6124-X

External links

*findagrave|9255 Retrieved on 2008-03-01

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