1. Junius Daniel was a planter and career military officer, serving in the United States Army, then in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, as a brigadier general.
15 Facts About Junius Daniel
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Junius Daniel was killed in action at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
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Junius Daniel graduated 33rd out of 42 in the Class of 1851.
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Temporarily under the command of Richard S Ewell of the 3rd Dragoons, Lieutenant Daniel saw action in a series of skirmishes with the Apache Indians in 1855.
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In 1858, Junius Daniel resigned his commission to begin a career as a planter in Louisiana, joining his father who had moved there following his last term in Congress in 1851.
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In October 1860, Junius Daniel married Ellen Long, daughter of Col.
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Junius Daniel was chosen colonel of the 4th Regiment of infantry.
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Junius Daniel accepted the command of the 45th Regiment as its colonel.
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Junius Daniel led four regiments from Raleigh to Goldsboro and organized them into a brigade; afterward, he organized two other brigades.
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Junius Daniel was commissioned brigadier general on September 1,1862, making him one of five men from Halifax County to attain that rank in the Confederate Army.
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Junius Daniel spent the fall of 1862 with his brigade at Drewy's Bluff in Virginia and subsequently served in North Carolina, although his unit saw limited combat action.
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Junius Daniel's men suffered the greatest losses of any brigade in the corps on the first day of the battle.
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Junius Daniel was struck in the abdomen by a Minie ball, inflicting a mortal wound.
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Junius Daniel died the next day in a field hospital.
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Junius Daniel's body was taken to Halifax and buried in the old colonial cemetery.