Alexander Peter Stewart | |
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Born | Rogersville, Tennessee | October 2, 1821
Died | August 30, 1908 Biloxi, Mississippi | (aged 86)
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Allegiance | United States of America Confederate States of America |
Service/ | United States Army Confederate States Army |
Years of service | 1842–1845 (USA) 1861–1865 (CSA) |
Rank | Second Lieutenant (USA) Lieutenant General (CSA) |
Unit | 3rd U.S. Artillery Regiment |
Commands | 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Polk's Corps Stewart's Division, Buckner's Corps Third Corps, Army of Tennessee Army of Tennessee |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
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Alexander Peter Stewart (October 2, 1821 – August 30, 1908) was a career United States Army officer, college professor, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He fought in many of the most significant battles in the Western Theater of the war and briefly took command of the Army of Tennessee in 1865.