Draft:James Langhorne Tayloe

James Langhorne Tayloe
Born(1841-01-15)January 15, 1841
DiedMarch 9, 1862(1862-03-09) (aged 23)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationMilitary Officer
Known forLt. Confederate States Navy
Parent(s)George Plater Tayloe, Mary Elizabeth Langhorne
RelativesJohn Tayloe III (grandfather), Henry Scarsbrook Langhorne (great uncle), Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (2nd cousin)
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Lt. James Langhorne Tayloe, CSN was a midshipman in the United States Navy, resigning his commission when hostilities broke out between the Union and Confederacy, after joining the Confederate States Navy where he reached the rank of Lieutenant.[1] He was born at Buena Vista (Roanoke, Virginia) the estate of his father George Plater Tayloe and mother Mary Elizabeth Langhorne, having previously been owned by his maternal grandfather Colonel William Langhorne, then known as "Roanoke Plantation".[2] Tayloe studied at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia; after matriculating to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, the hometown of his grandmother's family, the Ogles and Ogle Hall.

  1. ^ "VMH: JAMES L. TAYLOE, LT, CSN". usnamemorialhall.org.
  2. ^ https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/228eb316-a497-4ee3-9791-e1fbb5eb2553/content