Dudley M. Du Bose

Dudley M. Du Bose

Dudley McIver Du Bose (October 28, 1834 – March 2, 1883) was a lawyer, soldier, and a U.S. Representative from Georgia.

Early life

Du Bose was born in Shelby County, Tennessee. He attended the University of Mississippi at Oxford, and graduated from the Lebanon Law School (in Tennessee) in 1856. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced the practice of law in Memphis, Tennessee. He moved to Augusta, Georgia, in 1860.

Civil War

Du Bose served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War as the colonel of the 15th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, and subsequently became a brigadier general in the Western Theater.

Postbellum career

Following the war, Du Bose moved to Washington, Georgia. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873). Afterwards he resumed the practice of law.

He died in Washington, Georgia, and was interred in Rest Haven Cemetery.

See also

	Biography portal
	United States Army portal
	American Civil War portal

• List of American Civil War generals

References

• Dudley M. Du Bose at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-13

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Stephen A. Corker	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 5th congressional district March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Succeeded by James C. Freeman

Persondata
Name	Du Bose, Dudley MacIver
Alternative names
Short description	Confederate Army general
Date of birth	October 28, 1834
Place of birth	Shelby County, Tennessee
Date of death	March 2, 1883
Place of death	Washington, Georgia