# James Patrick Major > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/James_Patrick_Major > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/James_Patrick_Major.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Patrick_Major > Source revision: 1352994287 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|U.S. Army officer, Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War}} {{Infobox military person | name = James Patrick Major | birth_date = {{birth date|1836|5|14}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1877|5|8|1836|5|14}} | birth_place = [Fayette, Missouri](/source/Fayette%2C_Missouri), U.S. | death_place = [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas), U.S. | burial_place = [Donaldsonville, Louisiana](/source/Donaldsonville%2C_Louisiana), U.S. | burial_label = Place of burial | image = James Patrick Major.jpg | caption = James Patrick Major | nickname = | allegiance = {{flagicon|USA|1851}} [United States of America](/source/United_States)
{{Flagicon|CSA}} [Confederate States of America](/source/Confederate_States_of_America) | branch = {{army|USA}}
{{army|CSA}} | service_years = 1856–1861 (USA)
1861–1865 (CSA) | rank = 35px [Second Lieutenant](/source/Second_Lieutenant_(United_States)) (USA)
35px [Brigadier General](/source/Brigadier_General_(CSA)) (CSA) | unit = | commands = | battles = [Comanche Wars](/source/Comanche_Wars)
[American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War) *[Battle of Wilson's Creek](/source/Battle_of_Wilson's_Creek) *[Vicksburg Campaign](/source/Vicksburg_Campaign) *[Red River Campaign](/source/Red_River_Campaign) | awards = | relations = Governor of Louisiana [Paul Octave Hébert](/source/Paul_Octave_H%C3%A9bert) (brother-in-law) | other_work = }} '''James Patrick Major''' (May 14, 1836 – May 8, 1877) was a [U.S. Army](/source/United_States_Army) officer and a [Confederate](/source/Confederate_States_Army) [brigadier general](/source/Brigadier_General) during the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War).{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fma19 |title=MAJOR, JAMES PATRICK (1836-1877) |accessdate=2008-12-12 |work=The Handbook of Texas Online |publisher=Texas State Historical Association}} ==U.S. Cavalry service== Major graduated 23rd in his class at the [United States Military Academy](/source/United_States_Military_Academy) and became a second lieutenant in the [United States Cavalry](/source/United_States_Cavalry) in July 1856. He served on the Texas frontier and participated in the [Battle of Wichita Village](/source/Battle_of_Wichita_Village) against the [Comanche](/source/Comanche) in 1858. ==Confederate States Army== Major resigned from the U. S. Army on March 21, 1861, and joined the Missouri State Guard as a lieutenant colonel. He fought in the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861. He was an acting commander in [Earl Van Dorn](/source/Earl_Van_Dorn)'s artillery during the [Siege of Vicksburg](/source/Siege_of_Vicksburg). He was transferred to the trans-Mississippi theater and promoted to brigadier general in July 1863 and commanded a cavalry division in the [Red River Campaign](/source/Red_River_Campaign). In 1864, he fought at both [Mansfield](/source/Battle_of_Mansfield) and [Pleasant Hill](/source/Battle_of_Pleasant_Hill) during the [Red River Campaign](/source/Red_River_Campaign) and with General [Hamilton P. Bee](/source/Hamilton_P._Bee) at Monett's Ferry in [Natchitoches Parish](/source/Natchitoches_Parish%2C_Louisiana), [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana).[John D. Winters](/source/John_D._Winters), ''The Civil War in Louisiana'', [Baton Rouge](/source/Baton_Rouge): [Louisiana State University Press](/source/Louisiana_State_University_Press), 1963, {{ISBN|0-8071-0834-0}}, pp. 340-347; 349-355, 362-363 ==Post war== After the war, Major went to France and then returned to Louisiana and later to Texas where he died on May 8, 1877. He is buried in [Donaldsonville](/source/Donaldsonville), [Ascension Parish](/source/Ascension_Parish), Louisiana in an ornate tomb in the Ascension of our Lord Catholic Church Cemetery. ==See also== {{Portal|American Civil War|Biography}} *[List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)](/source/List_of_American_Civil_War_generals_(Confederate)) ==Notes== {{Reflist}} ==References== * Eicher, John H., and [David J. Eicher](/source/David_J._Eicher), ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|978-0-8047-3641-1}}. * Sifakis, Stewart. ''Who Was Who in the Civil War.'' New York: Facts On File, 1988. {{ISBN|978-0-8160-1055-4}}. * [Warner, Ezra J.](/source/Ezra_J._Warner_(historian)) ''Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. {{ISBN|978-0-8071-0823-9}}. * [Winters, John D.](/source/John_D._Winters) ''The Civil War in Louisiana''. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1963. {{ISBN|978-0-8071-0834-5}}. * {{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fma19 |title=MAJOR, JAMES PATRICK (1836-1877) |accessdate=2008-12-12 |work=The Handbook of Texas Online |publisher=Texas State Historical Association}} ==External links== *{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208215607/http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/sgm/major.htm |date=February 8, 2008 |title=Photo at generalsandbrevets.com }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Major, James Patrick}} Category:Confederate States Army brigadier generals Category:People of Missouri in the American Civil War Category:United States Army officers Category:1836 births Category:1877 deaths Category:United States Military Academy alumni Category:People from Fayette, Missouri Category:Burials at Ascension of our Lord Catholic Church Cemetery (Donaldsonville) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [James Patrick Major](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Patrick_Major) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Patrick_Major?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.