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General Matthew Duncan Ector
Compiled Military Service Record
Matthew
Duncan Ector (Confederate)
Biographical data and notes:
- Born Feb 28 1822 in Putnam County, GA
- Last
known address: Texas
- Matthew Duncan Ector died on Oct 29 1879 at Tyler, TX
Enlistment:
- 40 years of
age at time of enlistment
- Enlisted as Colonel
Mustering information:
- Commissioned into Field and Staff,
14th Cavalry (Texas)
- Discharged due to promotion from 14th Cavalry
(Texas) on Aug 23 1862
- Commissioned into Gen. Staff (Confederate
States) on Aug 23 1862
Promotions:
- Promoted to Brig-Gen
(Full, Vol) (date not indicated)
- Promoted to Colonel (Full, Vol) (date not indicated) (14th TX Cav)
- Promoted to
Adjutant (Full, Vol) (date not indicated)
Listed as:
- Wounded (date not indicated) at Atlanta, GA (Loss
of leg)
Sources: General Officers of the Confederate States of America,
Confederate Military History, National Archives
Recommended
Reading: Ector's
Texas Brigade and the Army of Tennessee 1862-1865 (Hardcover). Description: Ector's Texas Brigade served most of the
Civil War with the Army of Tennessee. With that battle-riddled command, they wrote an illustrious history upon the pages of
American history. "A must read for the student of Texas history, the individual interested in the contributions of Texas
in the Civil War, and for that buff that is remotely interested in the Army of Tennessee...[N]o serious study of
Texas and the Civil War is possible without this volume."
Recommended Reading:
Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Description: When Generals in Gray was published in 1959, scholars
and critics immediately hailed it as one of the few indispensable books on the American Civil War. Historian Stanley Horn,
for example, wrote, "It is difficult for a reviewer to restrain his enthusiasm in recommending a monumental book of this high
quality and value." Here at last is the paperback edition of Ezra J. Warner’s magnum opus with its concise, detailed
biographical sketches and—in an amazing feat of research—photographs of all 425 Confederate generals. Continued
below.
The only exhaustive
guide to the South’s command, Generals in Gray belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in the Civil War. RATED 5 STARS!
Recommended Reading:
Civil War High Commands (1040 pages) (Hardcover). Description: Based on nearly five decades
of research, this magisterial work is a biographical register and analysis of the people who most directly influenced the
course of the Civil War, its high commanders. Numbering 3,396, they include the presidents and their cabinet members, state
governors, general officers of the Union and Confederate armies (regular, provisional, volunteers,
and militia), and admirals and commodores of the two navies. Civil War High Commands will become a cornerstone
reference work on these personalities and the meaning of their commands, and on the Civil War itself. Continued below...
Errors of fact and interpretation concerning the high commanders are legion in the Civil War literature,
in reference works as well as in narrative accounts. The present work brings together for the first time in one volume the
most reliable facts available, drawn from more than 1,000 sources and including the most recent research. The biographical
entries include complete names, birthplaces, important relatives, education, vocations, publications, military grades, wartime
assignments, wounds, captures, exchanges, paroles, honors, and place of death and interment. In addition to its main component, the biographies, the volume also includes a number of
essays, tables, and synopses designed to clarify previously obscure matters such as the definition of grades and ranks; the
difference between commissions in regular, provisional, volunteer, and militia services; the chronology of military laws and
executive decisions before, during, and after the war; and the geographical breakdown of command structures. The book is illustrated
with 84 new diagrams of all the insignias used throughout the war and with 129 portraits of the most important high commanders.
It is the most comprehensive volume to date...name any Union or Confederate general--and it can be found in here. [T]he
photos alone are worth the purchase. RATED FIVE STARS by americancivilwarhistory.org
Recommended Reading: Rebels
and Yankees: Commanders of the Civil War (Hardcover), by William C. Davis (Author), Russ A. Pritchard (Author). Description:
Davis and Pritchard have created a wonderful work that is sure to become a hit with anyone who studies the Civil War. This
book uses words and a generous amount of pictures and photographs to tell the story of the leaders, both talented
and flawed, that held together the two struggling armies in a time of chaos and devastating loss. Continued below.
Although many
of the stories have been told in one form or another.... Commanders compiles this study in a single book that makes
it very easy to compare and contrast the styles and techniques employed by officers of both armies. I thoroughly enjoyed the
book and highly recommend it.
Recommended Reading: Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume
6 (Battles & Leaders of the Civil War) (632 pages) (University of Illinois Press) (May 30, 2007). Description: Sifting
carefully through reports from newspapers, magazines, personal memoirs, and letters, Peter Cozzens' Volume 6 brings readers
more of the best first-person accounts of marches, encampments, skirmishes, and full-blown battles, as seen by participants
on both sides of the conflict. Alongside the experiences of lower-ranking officers and enlisted men are accounts from key
personalities including General John Gibbon, General John C. Lee, and seven prominent generals from both sides offering views
on "why the Confederacy failed." Continued below.
This volume includes one hundred and twenty illustrations, including sixteen previously uncollected maps
of battlefields, troop movements, and fortifications.
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