Kershaw, Joseph Brevard, 1822-1894
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Army officer and jurist; son of Col. John Kershaw (1765-1829) and Harrietta Du Bose Kershaw; grandson of Joseph Kershaw (ca. 1727-1791); husband of Lucretia Douglas; commanded Palmetto Regt., 1843, in Mexican War; member of: S.C. legislature, 1852-1856, and S.C. Secession Convention, 1860; promoted to Major General, Confederate Army, by 1864; president of S.C. Senate, 1865.
Joseph Brevard Kershaw (1822-1894) was a Confederate general.
Joseph Brevard Kershaw, lawyer, Confederate officer, and South Carolina legislator, was born 5 January 1822, in Camden, South Carolina, and died there 13 April 1894.
He was a member of the seccession convention (1860); was commissioned a colonel (1861); became a major general (1864); and commanded the 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
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Camden (S.C.)
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