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General Raleigh E. Colston
Compiled Military Service Record
Raleigh
Edward Colston (Confederate)
Biographical data and notes:
- Born Oct 25 1825 in Paris, France
- Pre-enlistment
occupation: Professor
- Last known address: VA Confederate Soldiers' Home, Richmond, VA
- Raleigh Edward Colston died
on Jul 29 1896 at Richmond, VA
- He is buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
Enlistment:
- 35 years
of age at time of enlistment
- Enlisted on May 2 1861 as Colonel
Mustering information:
- Commissioned
into Field and Staff, 16th Infantry (Virginia) on May 2 1861
- Discharged
due to promotion from 16th Infantry (Virginia) on Dec 24 1861
- Commissioned
into General Staff on Dec 24 1861
Promotions:
- Promoted to Brig-Gen (Full, Vol) (date not indicated)
-
Promoted to Colonel (Full, Vol) (date not indicated) (16th VA Inf)
- Promoted to Brig-Gen (Full, Vol) on Dec 24 1861
Listed
as:
- In command on Jul 15 1861 (Estimated day)
- Returned on Dec 15 1861
Sources: General Officers of the Confederate States of America,
Confederate Military History, National Archives
Recommended Reading:
Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Description: When Generals in Gray was published in 1959, scholars
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Recommended
Reading:
Civil War High Commands (1040 pages)
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analysis of the people who most directly influenced the course of the Civil War, its high commanders. Numbering 3,396, they
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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. Errors of fact and interpretation concerning the high commanders are legion in the Civil War
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place of death and interment. In addition to its main
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obscure matters such as the definition of grades and ranks; the difference between commissions in regular, provisional, volunteer,
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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.
Recommended Reading: Rebels
and Yankees: Commanders of the Civil War (Hardcover), by William C. Davis (Author), Russ A. Pritchard (Author). Description:
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book uses words and a generous amount of pictures and photographs to tell the story of the leaders, both talented
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Although many
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Recommended Reading: Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume
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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.
Recommended Reading: Who
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