William F. Tucker

William F. Tucker

Infobox Military Person
name=William F. Tucker
lived= birth date|1827|5|9 – death date and age|1881|9|14|1827|5|9
placeofbirth= Iredell County, North Carolina
placeofdeath= Okolona, Mississippi
placeofburial= Odd Fellows Cemetery Okolona, MS


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=Confederate States of America
branch= Confederate States Army Infantry
serviceyears=1861 – 1865 (CSA)
rank= Brigadier General
commands=
unit=
battles=American Civil War
*Battle of First Bull Run
*Battle of Perryville
*Battle of Murfreesboro
*Battle of Chickamauga
*Battle of Chattanooga
*Atlanta Campaign
**Battle of Resaca
awards=
laterwork= Lawyer Judge Politician

William Feimster Tucker (May 9, 1827 – September 14, 1881) was a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Early life

Tucker was born in Iredell County, North Carolina. He attended Emory and Henry College in Abingdon, Virginia and graduated in 1848. That same year he moved to Houston, Mississippi. In 1855, he was elected probate judge of Chickasaw County. Tucker then studied law and was admitted to the bar and began practicing. [Warner, p. 311.]

Civil War

Tucker entered the Confederate Army as a captain of Company K, 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. He was part of Barnard Bee's Brigade at the Battle of First Bull Run. Soon afterwards Tucker's company was sent to the West and merged with the 41st Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Tucker was commissioned colonel of the regiment in May 1862. He led the regiment at the Battles of Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga before being promoted to brigadier general to rank from March 1, 1864. Tucker's field duty ended after suffering a severe wound at the Battle of Resaca. In the last weeks of the he commanded the District of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana. [Warner, p. 311.]

Post-War and murder

After the War, Tucker returned to Chickasaw County and again practiced law. He was elected to the state legislature in 1876 and 1878. He was assassinated on September 14, 1881 in Okolona, MS. It was alleged that a man whom Tucker had a case pending against had hired two men to assassinate him. [Warner, p. 311.]

References

* Warner, Ezra J. "Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders", Lousisana State University Press, 1958.

Notes

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