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About Richard Taylor
Richard Taylor was an American planter, politician, military historian, and Confederate general. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, Taylor joined the Confederate States Army, serving first as a brigade commander in Virginia and later as an army commander in the trans-Mississippi Theater. Taylor commanded the District of West Louisiana and opposed United States troops advancing through upper northwest Louisiana during the Red River Campaign of 1864. He was the only son of Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States. After the war and Reconstruction, Taylor published a memoir about his experiences.
Everything about Richard Taylor →- Occupation
- politician, army officer, soldier
- Position held
- member of the State Senate of Louisiana
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 27, 1826
- Died
- April 12, 1879