Chalmers, James R. (James Ronald), 1831-1898

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Birth 1831-01-11
Death 1898-04-09
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Epithet: Secretary to the Glasgow Liberal Council

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001196.0x000244

James Ronald Chalmers was a Confederate General and a United States congressman.

From the description of James Ronald Chalmers letter, 1861 [i.e. 1862] Jan. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122403869

Entered the Confederate Army as a captain in 1861; elected colonel of the Ninth Mississippi Regiment in 1861; promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1862; transferred to the cavalry service in 1863; in command of the first division of Forrest's Cavalry Corps; surrendered in May 1865; U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1877-1882 and 1884-1885); practiced law in Mississippi and Tennessee.

From the description of Civil War letter of James R. Chalmers, 1866 Aug. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71129320

Congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District; involved in contested election in 1888; author of The Probate Law and Practice in the Courts of Mississippi and Tennessee (1890).

From the description of A song ... on the occasion of the Junior class rebellion of 1850 in the South Carolina College, [ca. 1850]. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 56725344

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Subjects:

  • Fine Arts
  • Light House Board
  • Nashville, Battle of, Nashville, Tenn., 1864
  • Teacher-student relationships

Occupations:

  • Generals

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • Birmingham, Warwickshire (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Columbia (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • Mississippi (as recorded)
  • Tennessee (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • Confederate States of America (as recorded)

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