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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1857

Vol. II
p694 1788

(Born S. C.)

Paul J. Quattlebaum

(Ap'd S. C.)

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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1853, to July 1, 1857, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut. of Infantry, July 1, 1857.

Served: on Recruiting service, 1857‑58; on frontier duty at Ft. Walla

(Second Lieut., 9th Infantry, Aug. 1, 1857)

Walla, Wash., 1858‑60; in garrison at Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1860‑61; on frontier duty at Ft. Walla Walla, Wash., 1861; and absent without leave, 1861.

Resigned, June 29, 1861.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861-66 against the United States.a

Civil History. — Lumber Merchant, in South Carolina, 1866‑70; and Cotton Planter, 1870‑74. Civil Engineer, 1874‑83, being engaged in the p695U. S. Improvement of the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers, Ga., 1876‑83.

Died, Jan. 4, 1883, at Columbus, Ga.: Aged 46.

Thayer's Note:

a As with other Confederate officers, Cullum's Register omits his war record: according to the Southern Historical Society Papers in 1862 he reached the rank of Major in the 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, Army of Northern Virginia.

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