John A. Wharton

John A. Wharton

Infobox Military Person
name= John Austin Wharton
lived= July 23, 1828 – April 6, 1865


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placeofbirth= Nashville, Tennessee
placeofdeath= Houston, Texas
allegiance= Confederate States of America
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serviceyears= 1861–65
rank= Major General
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battles= American Civil War - Battle of Shiloh
- Battle of Perryville - Battle of Murfreesboro - Battle of Chickamauga - Red River Campaign
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John Austin Wharton (July 23, 1828 – April 6, 1865) was a lawyer, plantation owner, and Confederate general during the American Civil War. He is considered one of the Confederacy's best tactical cavalry commanders.

Wharton was born near Nashville, Tennessee, as the only child of Sarah Groce Wharton and William H. Wharton, later a leading politician during the Texas Revolution. When he was still an infant, the family moved to what became Brazoria County, Texas. In 1846, Wharton enrolled at South Carolina College. Two years later, he married Eliza Penelope Johnson, the daughter of David Johnson, the Governor of South Carolina.

After graduating in 1850, Wharton returned to Texas and studied law, establishing his practice in Brazoria. He became a wealthy plantation owner and slave owner. In 1860, he supported John C. Breckinridge's candidacy for the Presidency and served as an elector. An ardent secessionist, Wharton enlisted in the Confederate army as captain of Company B, Eighth Texas Cavalry, also known as "Terry's Texas Rangers." Commissioned as Colonel of the regiment, Wharton fought with distinction at Shiloh, where he was wounded. Wharton served under Gen. Braxton Bragg during the 1862 invasion of eastern Kentucky. He was promoted to brigadier general on November 18, 1862, and was again wounded, this time at Murfreesboro.

Wharton again distinguished himself at Chickamauga and was promoted to the rank of major general. He was assigned to the Trans-Mississippi Department in Louisiana in February 1864, leading the cavalry under Richard Taylor during the Red River Campaign.

Shortly before the end of the war in 1865, a fellow Confederate cavalry officer [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbaar.html George Wythe Baylor] (Brother of Confederate Arizona Governor Colonel John Baylor) killed Wharton in Houston, Texas, over a simmering dispute on military matters. Wharton's grave is in the state cemetery in Austin.

Wharton and Wharton County in Texas are named after Wharton and his father, William Harris Wharton.

External links

*Handbook of Texas | id = WW/fwh4 | name = John Austin Wharton (1828–1865)
*findagrave|9201 Retrieved on 2008-02-13

References

* Warner, Ezra J., "Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders", Louisiana State University Press, 1959, ISBN 0-8071-0823-5.


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