Jordan, Thomas, 1819-1895
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Jordan, Thomas (general)
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Confederate general, chief of staff to G.T. Beauregard.
Confederate general.
Soldier and journalist; native of Luray, Virginia; graduated, 1840, from the United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.); served as lieutenant in the 3rd Infantry during the Second Seminole War (1835-1842); served in the Mexican American War during which he was promoted to captain and quartermaster and oversaw the withdrawal of General Winfield Scott's army from Vera Cruz in 1848; resigned his U.S. Army commission on 21 May 1861 and joined the Confederate army, eventually reaching the rank of Brigadier General; served as P.G.T. Beauregard's chief of staff during the defense of Charleston (1862-1864); landed in Cuba with 300 men in May 1869 to assist insurgents fighting for Cuban independence from Spain during the Ten Years' War (1868-1878); left Cuba in Feb. 1870 and returned to the United States to pursue his literary career; son of Gabriel Jordan and Elizabeth Ann Sibert.
Confederate general; Beauregard's chief of staff.
Confederate general, Beauregard's chief of staff.
Confederate general, Beauregard's chief of staff; later editor of the Memphis appeal (1886) and the Financial and mining record (1870-1892).
Confederate Army officer and journalist.
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Charleston (S.C.)
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Tennessee
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Pocotaligo (S.C.)
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South Carolina
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