17 Facts About Carnot Posey

Carnot Posey was a Mississippi planter and lawyer, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.

Carnot Posey was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bristoe Station.

Carnot Posey was transported for care to the University of Virginia, where he had gone to law school.

Carnot Posey died there of his wounds one month after the battle.

Carnot Posey attended the common schools and graduated from college in Jackson, Mississippi.

Carnot Posey fought at the Battle of Buena Vista, where he was wounded.

Carnot Posey was in that post when the state seceded from the Union.

Carnot Posey recruited a local militia company, the Wilkinson Rifles, and enlisted them into Confederate service.

Carnot Posey served as their captain from May 21,1861.

Carnot Posey suffered a slight wound at the Battle of Cross Keys in June 1862 during Major General Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign.

Carnot Posey's regiment fought in the Seven Days Battles with the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E Lee.

Carnot Posey served as the temporary commander of the brigade of four Mississippi infantry regiments, commanded by Brigadier General Winfield S Featherston, during the Northern Virginia Campaign and the Maryland Campaign.

Carnot Posey's regiment fought at Fredericksburg in December 1862, successfully repelling a Union attack.

Carnot Posey was promoted to brigadier general on January 18,1863, to rank from November 2,1862.

At the Battle of Bristoe Station on October 14,1863, Carnot Posey was wounded in the thigh by a shell fragment.

Carnot Posey was cared for by a good friend, Dr John Davis of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Carnot Posey was buried in the Davis family plot in the University of Virginia Cemetery.