Lafayette McLaws photographs, 1860-1890.

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Lafayette McLaws photographs, 1860-1890.

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These photographs of Lafayette McLaws range from the Civil War to the years prior to his death (1897).

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Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897

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Lafayette McLaws was born in Augusta, Georgia on January 15, 1821. He attended the University of Virginia in 1837, but before he completed his first year he was appointed a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He graduated from West Point in 1842. McLaws served in the U.S. Army on the Texas frontier and distinguished himself during the Mexican War (1846). When Georgia seceded from the Union he resigned his commission and was commissioned into the Confederate Army. He served with dis...