Arthur Pendleton Mason | |
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Nickname(s) | "Pen" |
Born | Fairfax County, Virginia | December 11, 1835
Died | April 22, 1893 Morris Park, The Bronx, New York | (aged 57)
Place of burial | |
Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
Service | Confederate States Army |
Years of service | 1861–1865 (Confederate States Army) |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel (CSA) |
Commands | 2nd Regiment Mississippi Cavalry 6th Regiment Arkansas Volunteers Army of Tennessee |
Battles / wars | American Civil War |
Other work | merchant, businessperson |
Arthur "Pen" Pendleton Mason (11 December 1835–22 April 1893)[1][2][3] was an American military officer, merchant, planter and lawyer who served as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate States Army serving during the American Civil War.[4] Mason was a scion of the prominent Mason political family of Virginia.[3]