Gabriel Colvin Wharton | |
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Nickname(s) | Gabe |
Born | Culpeper County, Virginia | July 23, 1824
Died | May 12, 1906 Radford, Virginia | (aged 81)
Place of burial | Radford Family Cemetery Radford, Virginia |
Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
Service | Confederate States Army |
Years of service | 1861–65 |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Battles / wars | American Civil War |
Gabriel Colvin Wharton (July 23, 1824 – May 12, 1906) was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After the war he was a politician and later resumed his engineering work.