1. Gilbert Moxley Sorrel was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
11 Facts About Moxley Sorrel
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Moxley Sorrel was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of one of the wealthiest men in the city, Francis Moxley Sorrel.
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Moxley Sorrel was the brother-in-law of William W Mackall, who was a Confederate general and chief of staff to Braxton Bragg.
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In 1861, Moxley Sorrel left his job as a Savannah bank clerk, taking part in the Confederate capture of Fort Pulaski as a private in the Georgia Hussars.
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On September 11,1861, Moxley Sorrel received his commission as captain and was assigned as General Longstreet's adjutant-general.
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Moxley Sorrel was promoted to major on June 24,1862, and to lieutenant colonel on June 18,1863.
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Moxley Sorrel served under Longstreet until October 1864, when he was appointed brigadier general.
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When Robert E Lee visited Savannah months before his death in 1870, Sorrel led the Savannah delegation, greeted General Lee at the train station, and escorted him around the city.
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Moxley Sorrel died in Roanoke, Virginia, and is buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah.
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Moxley Sorrel appears in Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Killer Angels.
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In Harry Turtledove's alternate-history novel How Few Remain, Moxley Sorrel serves as Chief-of-Staff for Confederate President James Longstreet.