Graduated West Point in 1857, instructor at West Point, and member of the Utah expedition.
War Service:
June 1861, Capt. of Engineers, signal officer at First Manassas, Lt. Col. and chief of ordnance of the Army of Northern Virginia, December 1862 Col., chief of artillery in Longstreet's Corps, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Knoxville, Feburary 1864 Brig. Gen., Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg (wounded), and Appomattox.
Post War Career:
Professor of Engineering, railroad president, and wrote memoirs.
Notes:
Commanded the barrage before Pickett's charge at
Gettysburg.
Further Reading:
Edward Porter Alexander, Gary W. Gallagher (Editor)
Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative
Michael Golay, To Gettysburg and beyond: the parallel lives of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Edward Porter Alexander
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