1. Albert Rust served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Eastern, Western, and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the American Civil War.
15 Facts About Albert Rust
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Albert Rust was born circa 1818 in Fauquier County, Virginia, to William Rust and his wife Elizabeth; his exact birth date is not known.
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Albert Rust was admitted to the bar in 1836 and the following year moved from Virginia to Arkansas, settling in Union County, Arkansas.
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Albert Rust bought land and a store near the river in 1837.
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Albert Rust ran in a special election for an open congressional seat in 1846.
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Albert Rust won fourteen counties, yet got only third place.
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Albert Rust won the general election and went to Washington, DC.
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In 1856, Rust drew public attention for his efforts to oppose Nathaniel P Banks of Massachusetts, who appeared likely to become Speaker of the House.
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Albert Rust was not renominated; Edward A Warren succeeded him.
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On March 4,1862, Albert Rust was promoted to brigadier-general and transferred back to Arkansas, where he was assigned to Lieutenant-General Earl Van Dorn's Army of the West.
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Albert Rust led troops at the Battle of Hill's Plantation in July 1862.
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Albert Rust later served under Major-Generals Thomas C Hindman in Arkansas and John Pemberton and Richard Taylor in Louisiana.
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Albert Rust returned to Washington as a member of the US House of Representatives and was even a Republican candidate for the US Senate in 1869 before Congressional Reconstruction began and former Confederates were forbidden to hold elective office and he withdrew himself from candidacy.
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Albert Rust married Jane Carrington of Charlotte County, Virginia, on April 17,1844, but she soon died, and was buried in Hervey Cemetery in Hempstead County, Arkansas.
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Albert Rust then married Anne Bouldin Cabell, and at least three of their children would survive to adulthood: Julia Rust Tutwiler, Breckenridge Cabell Rust and author Pauline Carrington Rust Bouve.