Emanuel Family - Person Sheet
Emanuel Family - Person Sheet
NameGeneral Cullen Andrews Battle
Birth1 Jun 1829, Powelton, Hancock, Georgia, USA
Death8 Apr 1905, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
FatherDr. Cullen Battle (1785-1879)
MotherJane Andrews Lamon (1799-1883)
Biography notes for General Cullen Andrews Battle
At the 1870 Federal Census of Macon County, Alabama, Cullen A. Battle and his family were living in a dwelling adjacent to the household of his father, Cullen Battle, age 85 years.
Research notes for General Cullen Andrews Battle
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. At the start of the Civil War, he was a proment lawyer and a delegate at the Alabama Democratic State convention in 1860. In 1861, he joined the 3rd Alabama Regiment as a Captain and was latter appointed Colonel of the regiment. His command participated in the Battle of Seven Pines, in the Maryland Campaigns, the battles of Boonsboro and Sharpsburg. During the Battle of Fredericksburg he was seriously injured, but was able to take part in the Gettysburg Campaign. For distinguished service at Gettysburg, he was promoted Brigadier General in August 1863. He led a Brigade through the 1864 Overland Campaign, was wounded at Cedar Creek and was unable to take the field again. After the war, he resumed legal practice and published the book, "3rd Alabama! The Civil War Memoir of Brigadier General Battle, CSA". 

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Census notes for General Cullen Andrews Battle
1870 U.S. Federal Census
Cullen A. Battle Household
Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama
25 Jun 1870
C. A. Battle, a: 42, b: Georgia (Farmer)
+Georgia Battle, a: 38, b: Georgia
Henry Battle, a: 15, b: Alabama
Jenny Battle, a: 7, b: Alabama
Florence Battle, a: 4, b: Alabama
Last Modified 27 Mar 2014Created 25 Feb 2021 W. R. Emanuel